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1. St Patrick's Day Crosses (Girls) (continued)

   

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   wear on our arms crosses made from different coloured ribbons. A dressmaker called Mary Kelly used to make those crosses and give them to the children she liked. I got one from her once and I used to wear it like the rest. The brighter the colours in the cross the better we liked it and the more proud we were when we were wearing it on St. Patrick's Day.

   
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   Jeremiah D. Riordan
   Barna,
   Scartaglen

   

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2. St Patrick's Day Crosses (Boys)

   

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   I remember when I was a little boy going to Knockeenahone School all the little boys wore crosses on St Patrick's Day to honour St Patricks.

   These crosses were very hard to be made. I used always to make my own cross. The first thing I got when I was making my cross was a plain piece of paper. Then I got a cup and I put the mouth of the cup down on the paper and I drew a

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
         1. Feast of St Patrick (~140)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Connell

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knockeennahone, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Jeremiah D. Riordan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Barna, Co. Kerry