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School: Pres. Convent, Drogheda (roll number 851)

Location:
Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0679, Page 155

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  1. Donore Pattern

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    My grandfather told me that about sixty years ago, there was a celeberation in our Parish called the pattern. It usually took place after the harvest. There would be one man selected as the lord-mayor and he rode a donkey with a straw rope saddle and bridle. The mayor would also carry a large bough of a tree on his shoulder and this bough would be hanging with cakes of home-made bread given by all the large farmers of the parish. First the prossesion would go to the cemetery and offer up the Rosary for
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Donore Road, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mr F. Brady
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donore Road, Co. Louth