School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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- On St Brigid's Day people made a cross on their arm.
On St Patk's Day, people wear shamrock.
People wear Palm on Palm Sunday & hang it in outhouses.
If you had 'Easter Water' for seven years, it is a cure.
- On May day, people stick a piece of May-bush in the manure-heap & hang eggshells on it.
- Collector
- John Forde
- Gender
- Male
- A ribbon is put on on St Brigid's night & is kept to cure the sick. A rush cross is also made & put under the table.
