School: Cill Seanaigh (B.), Inis (roll number 10517)
- Location:
- Kilshanny, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0617, Page 254
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- (continued from previous page)St Bridgets night falls on the 1st February. It is the custom in most houses to make a cross and put it up on the rafters of the house.
The crosses are made three different ways of rushes, straw, and of timber. It is the custom around here to make them of timber.
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- Collector
- Liam Ó Murchadha
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilshanny, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Stephen Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilshanny, Co. Clare
