School: Mullinahone (C.) (roll number 15363)
- Location:
- Muileann na hUamhan, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Máire Ní Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0560, Page 388
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- On the eve of St. Brigid's Day people hang out pieces of ribbon or a scarf to get the saint's blessing as she passes by.
- Collector
- Patricia Ahearne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Muileann na hUamhan, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mrs Ahearne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Mason's wife
- Address
- Muileann na hUamhan, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- On St. Brigid's Day people used to dress a broom and dance with it.
- The sign of the Cross was made (while the Three Divine Persons were invoked) with the burnt end of a hazel stick on the left shoulder of every man and boy in the house. If a member of the family were named Patrick it fell on him to perform the rite. Girls wore crosses made of cardboard and covered with various coloured ribbons.
- Many marriages take place on Shrove Tuesday. Pancakes are made on that night on account of the fast for Lent. A ring is hidden in one pancake, and who ever gets the ring is supposed to be(continues on next page)
