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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na mBuillí

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Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Olivia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0253, Page 257

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    In almost every part of Ireland certain articles are kept in houses and places in certain positions in the houses in honour of some saint or to commemorate some feast-day.
    For instance, the "girdle" of St. Brigid is made of rushes and two bits of sticks. It is still made in some homes. In each townland a chosen person carries the girdle aloft from house to house while repeating certain prayers.
    Likewise, even at the present day, children wear crosses made of cardboard cut in the shape of a cross and covered with different coloured ribbons especially green,
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Neary
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    56
    Occupation
    Bean feirmeora
    Address
    Cloonfree, Co. Roscommon