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School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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  1. Saint Bridget's Night

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    St Bridget's Day falls on the first of February every year. The little girls go about from house to house gathering pennies. Long ago the girls used to dress up a sod of turf and a turnip for a head and two sticks for hands. Some people would give them money and other people would give them a bottle of milk. Nowadays the girls dress up dolls and go about from house to house and they would not take anything but money. They have a little rhyme for saying when they they go about from house to house. This is
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Brigid (~366)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Mary Geraty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Balloor West, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Mc Greevy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Balloor West, Co. Mayo