School: Athboy (C.)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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- St. Bridget's cross is made of two pieces of wood, one eight inches long and the other four inches and fastened round the centre with a piece of plaited straw. They are made the night before St. Bridget's day. In former times they people would put the cross in thatch of the house over the kitchen.
Holly and ivy are hung up in houses and used in dressing shop windows at Christmas. Palm got(continues on next page)- Collector
- Teresa O' Callaghan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick O' Callaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Athboy, Co. Meath