School: Gráinleathan (C.) (roll number 15664)
- Location:
- Garranlahan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Uaithne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0247, Page 146
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- (continued from previous page)anything, that they could get outside. If they do any damage, the guards such be put on their track, but there is not any strict law against religions but these young fellows, would be afraid of their lives to wear, any emblem against the laws of the country. Instead of giving money to the Brídeóga, it would be much better to follow St Brigids example, by giving it to the poor.
Brídeóga is an Irish name for young Brigids. St Brigid was a very charitable woman to the poor, when she was, but very young, she was sent to work for a farmer, who had twelve cows, and every time, she used to make, the butter, she used divide it, into thirteen parts, twelve in honour of the twelve Apostles, and the thirteenth(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lizzie Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Glynn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 79
- Address
- Kiltullagh, Co. Roscommon
