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1. A St Patrick's Day Custom

   

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   A St Patrick’s Day Custom When I was a school boy I remember my mother on St Patrick’s day, getting a sally or willow, put it into the fire until the end of it became ignited, then putting out the flame and making on the right shoulder of every member of the family the sign of the cross with the blackened or burned end of the stick. Narrator: Ml. Fitzgerald, Lickadoon. Age 45 Yrs.

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   1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
         1. Féile Pádraig (~140)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Michael Fitzgerald

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   45

   Address

   Leic an Dúin, Co. Luimnigh

2. An Easter Custom

   

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   An Easter Custom.
   On Shrove Tuesday a small portion of meat left after dinner, was wrapped up and fixed to the rafters and was left there until Easter Sunday morning. This was known as the Bickeen (bícín). On Easter Sunday morning each member of the family would get a small morsel of this on awaking.
   This custom was continued in our household up to twenty years ago.
   Narrator: Ml. Fitzgerald, Lickadoon. Age 45

   

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