School: Druim na hAdhairce (roll number 14379)
- Location:
- Drumnaheark East, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Mhic Robhartaigh
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- (continued from previous page)Lord. Crann Dealtaine is sticks put up above the doors. A name is put on each of them. If a girl comes in in under one of the sticks on which there is a boys name that will be the name of her man.
- Crosses used to be made for St. Patrick’s day and St. Bridgets day. The rushes used to be cut in a rushy field. The people of the house used to make the crosses. Holly used to be put up at Christmas and palm used to be put up on palm Sunday. It was the custom long ago to make crosses for St. Patrick’s day. The man of the house used to collect a cloak(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Letterbarra, Co. Donegal