School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 12_009
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- (continued from previous page)parts of Mayo and Galway. They used come through the mountains and across this village to the well. The women with their red petticoats and white handkerchiefs and the men with their báinín's.
These are the prayers and rounds they do. They go around the well first. Then they pick seven stones and they go around the well seven times, dropping a stone at each round. Then they go to a rock where the track of Saint Patrick's knee is to be seen. They say prayers there too. Then they go to the chapel(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peigí C. Ní Oistín
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Tadhg Ó hOistín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tawnyslinnaun, Co. Mayo
