School: Batterstown
- Location:
- Batterstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Seosaimhín, Bean Uí Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 131
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- (continued from previous page)also put the berries on long strings of thread and hang them in the house.
The next feast for emblems is St. Brigid's Day the second of February. Rush crosses called St. Brigid's were made on the eve. One is placed over the door and also one in the cowhouse to bring a blessing on the cows. The young people used to gather together carrying those crosses and singing and playing music on St. Brigids Eve and finish off the night in one of their homes with a feast. On the last day of January the people around here used to make crosses for rushes in honour of St Brigid. They would put them over the fireplace to keep away sickness during the year.
The May bush is of pagan orign. It is bedecked with flowers to celebrate the coming of the sun. The bonfires are also in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maggie Morgan
- Gender
- Male
- Collector
- Peter Doyle
- Gender
- Male
