School: Ganntaigh (Ganty)
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- Ganty, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Sorcha Bean Uí Chlúin
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- Besides the St. Brigid's cross, it was also customary on May morning for the the head of the house to go out early, cut a branch of a May bush- the whitethorn also a furze bush, bring them in to the house and put them up in the kitchen under a rafter where they would remain until next May day when a fresh one would be got.
It was, and is, also customary to "spill Saint Martin's Blood" on St Martin's grave, or some days before the feast. A goose, or a sheep, is usually killed, he blood is sprinkled at the doors, and sometimes the bloods used be kept in a piece of flannel cloth an was used as a cure to relieve a sudden pain which a member of the household might get.