School: Cill na Móna (C.) (roll number 13626)
- Location:
- Kilnamona, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Síle Céitinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 365
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St.Brigids Day -which occurs on the 1st February - on that day people make a small wooden cross and put it up in the rafter.
St.Patricks Day - is on the 17th March.
On that day everyone wears a Shamrock ,the young boys wear harps and the young girls wear badges.
Shrove Tuesday -Is called pan cake day,because on that day a pan cake is made and a ring put into it and whoever gets it is supposed to be the first to get married.
In Lent -Everyone abstains from something. On Ash Wednesday Mass is said at the church and ashes blessed and everyone puts a sign of the cross on their foreheads with the ashes .Chalk Sunday -On that day every young person carries chalk with them and any fairly old person who not married after Shrove he puts a stroke of chalk on his clothes.
On Good Friday people go to church(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Barrett
- Gender
- Female
