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School: Droichead na Ceathramhna

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Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon
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S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 446

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  1. Festival Customs (continued)

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    Every person is supposed to go to the church on Good Friday, with his shoes off. If people have bacon hanging from the roof, it should be taken down on that day.
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  2. Emblems and Objects of Value

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    The local people make St. Brigid's Cross on St. Brigid's Eve. Some make it out of green rushes and others make it form pieces of sticks. Two pieces of sticks or two green rushes about a foot long and nine inches wide are got. They are nailed or tied together in the form
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eugene Milmoe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilronan, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Milmoe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Kilronan, Co. Roscommon