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School: Ballyhogue

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Ballyhoge, Co. Wexford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0902, Page 234

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  3. XML “Emblems n Use”
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    and hang up in the homes behind holy pictures, over doors and sometimes over the doors of outhouses. Holy water is kept in the homes so that people can bless themselves with it night and morning, it is also sprinkled round the bedrooms at night, sometimes into the four corners of the room in honour of the Souls in Purgatory. Sometimes, when people are going on a journey, they carry a small bottle of holy water as a protection from accidents. Water from holy wells is also kept in the homes and used in time of sickness and pain.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Informant
    Margaret O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    52