School: Carrickgorman
- Location:
- Carrickgorman, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Fleming
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- (continued from previous page)Angels and Arch-Angels, it is said he appeared in 708 to a Bishop of Normady, blackberries are not supposed to be eaten till after this day.
Ash Wednesday is more of a fast day than a feast, in olden times it was a black fast, no one could eat butter or drink milk, every body present at the chapel that morning would get ashes on his forehead in the shape of a cross, the ashes is got from burnt palm.
The feast of St. Bridgid is on the first of February, she is the Patroness of Ireland and was a co-worker of Saint Patrick's, she wore a cloak of blue and white, and it is recorded that she asked a Pagan Prince in County Kildare to give her as much of his land as her cloak would cover, he agreed, and when she spread her cloak it miraculously enlarged until it covered and are of fourteen miles.
In her honour many girls are called after her, she had the gifts of prophecy and of healing, and a custom still carried out is to visit holy wells(continues on next page)
