School: Caiseal (roll number 16085)
- Location:
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Mághnuis
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- I was talking with an old woman last night. Her name is Mrs. McLoughlin and she lives in Curryane Swinford. She is sixty two years of age, and she told me of the customs the people had long ago.
She told me she remembered seeing Saint Briget's Cross. It was made of wood and straw. The wood was made in the form of a cross, and the straw plaited in the centre. It was placed in the roof over the bed or on the rafters. They were made of all sizes. They always made these for Saint Bridget's night, in honour of Saint Bridget.
They get holly and ivy on Christmas day, in honour of the birth of our Lord, because they say that it first grew when our Lord was born. She also told me that the old people always killed chicken on the Feast of Saint Martin(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Gavaghan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curryaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Loughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Curryaun, Co. Mayo
