School: Convent of Mercy, An Pasáiste, Corcaigh

Location:
Passage West, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Na Siúracha
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    Pains.
    When a person had a pain in his or her back a piece of red flannel was put out on the Eve of the Feast of St. Brigid. It was then brought in, in the morning, and put around the person's back, which it cured if that person prayed to St. Brigid.
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