School: Sailcheartáin (Sillahetane), Dúnmaonmhuighe
- Location:
- Sillahertane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Íte Ní Chléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0304, Page 116
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- On St Brigid's Eve the old people used put out a white cloth to cover Saint Brigid. Con Burke Milane Dunmanway says his mother used always ask "Did ye put out any cloth for poor Biddy to-night?"
Then this cloth was brought in again on Saint Brigid's day & they used rub it to a sick person to cure them.The marriageable young women used pick yarrow on November Eve and before going to bed they used hold it up in their hand and say: -
"Yarrow, fair yarrow,
Yarrow, Good-morrow,
Yarrow, fair yarrow,
Will you reveal to me,
Who my future husband will be?"They then put it under their pillow and slept on it, and they were supposed to dream of AND SEE their future husbands.
- Informant
- Miss Lena Hurley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Inch West, Co. Cork
