School: Baile Caisleáin an Róistigh (C.) (roll number 14108)
- Location:
- Castletownroche, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Áine Ní Luineacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0372, Page 139
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- The following custom still survives in connection with St Brigids Night. On St. Brigids Eve some people put a cloak or a piece of cloth on a bush near by and leave it there during the night. This cloth laid on the head of a person suffering from headache effects a cure.
- It is the custom in most districts to light a large bonfire and when it is almost extinguished the children run around it and jump over it. They then take a small quantity of the ashes home, and put it in the potato
