School: Inniskeen (roll number 13396)
- Location:
- Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Louis A. Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 152
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- St Brigid's crosses are made from rushes.
They are made in different sizes
The crosses are made on the evening before the feast.
When the crosses are made they are suspended over doors
For May Day a small bush is stuck in the ground and flowers put on it.
May flowers are put on the roofs of the sheds and houses, over the doors.
Water is taken from St. Patricks well in Channonrock, Louth, Co Louth, and is sued as a cure for sore throat.
- Collector
- Kathleen Campbell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Chanonrock, Co. Louth
