School: Fothanach (roll number 7980)
- Location:
- Fohanagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Conghaile
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- (continued from previous page)3. Saint Brigid crosses are made on Saint Brigid's Eve. They are made of straw and put up on the rafters. It was supposed that you would have a good crop that year. Long ago children wore a cross made of green ribbons on Saint Patrick's Day in his honour. 4. When people go to knock at Croagh Patrick as a pilgrimage they bring back stones and clay and keep them in their houses for luck. After Palm Sunday people put some of the blessed Palm in the outhouses and especially in the cow-house.
- Collector
- James Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doon Lower, Co. Galway
- Collector
- John Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Callow, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Martin Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Callow, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Rita Glynn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballydoogan, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Brennan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doon Lower, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Peter Glynn
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballydoogan, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Kenny
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Callow, Co. Galway