School: Knockbride (2)
- Location:
- Knockbride, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T.J. Barron
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1015, Page 395
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- (continued from previous page)There was a Mass Rock at Pulty in Informant knows of no other nor of any Holy Wells in his locality.Hair.
It was a custom until recently to carefully gather up one's hair after having a haircut and to tie it into a small parcel and then bury it carefully in a hole in a ditch so that it could be got at "the last day"A Knockbride priest once lived in Knocknalossett beside where Alex Gamble now lives. A field there is called "The Priest's Garden."
- Wells were cleaned out on May Eve. The first person at the well on May morning had the "luck of the well" for the following year. This was a common belief.
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- Informant
- Matt Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Glasdrumman, Co. Cavan
