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School: Mercy Convent, Rathangan

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Rathangan, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Sr. M. Pádraig
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    remain there until morning, singing and making merry. During the night they would be given tea.
    On Saint Brigid's Night also, they made crosses from rushes, and hung them over the door. This they did every year, and in some houses there are crosses for twenty, and even thirty years.
    The old people made crosses from blue ribbon, and they kept them in their prayer books till the next Saint Brigid's Night came. The children also made them and if they could not get ribbon, they used blue paper.
    This was told to me by Mr. Tom Kelly, Mullentine, Rathangan.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Brigid (~366)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary K. Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Mitchell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Tullylost, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Tom Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Mullantine, Co. Kildare