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School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

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Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
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Tomás Ó Foghlú
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  1. Local Festival Customs

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    Brigid's Day
    is on the first day of February. From this day onward each day is a cock's step longer than the day before. An old saying is "Biddy's day throw candles and candlesticks away. So in mostly all house the candlesticks which were used at Christmas are kept until that day and then thrown away. it is the custom to call a baby-girl born on Biddy's Day or Biddy Night - Bridget
    …………………………..
    St Patrick's Day
    On this day everybody who can get it wears a piece of shamrock in memory of the time when Patrick explained the Blessed Trinity with the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shantullig North, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs M. Moynihan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Shantullig North, Co. Cork