School: Fahan (roll number 14479)
- Location:
- Fahan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cáitlín L. Nig Uidhir
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- Long ago people used to keep a piece of wood with the name of a feast day scored on it.
On St Patrick's day and St Brigid's day they kept a cross made out of straw hung up on the kitchen wall. Anyone in the family could make it.
If the cross fell down it was a sign of a death in the house.
At Christmas they put up holly and decorations. they brought in(continues on next page)- Collector
- Hamilton Ferguson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fahan, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr Ferguson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Donegal