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1. St Brigid's Cross

   

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   On the eve of St. Brigids Day people used to make a straw cross and put it up over the door. They used to say [?] "St. Brigid's cross put over the door to keep the house from fire secure.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)
   2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
         1. Feast of St Brigid (~366)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Geraghty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballinla, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Philip Geraghty

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballinla, Co. Westmeath

2. Song

   “Ho on how the bulloacks do bellow”

   

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   This song was composed by "Swan" Flynn a native of this district who died about three years ago.

   
   Ho on , how the bullocks do bellow,

   When he hears the resounding Ho: Ho.

   For let him be Dexter or Kyloe he knows to the road he must go

   For there is terrible work in Killulagh

   Grange-more and Raharney are mad.

   The cattle cant fatten in Rattin,

   And the sheep are away in Clonfad.

   
   Ho on Ho on how the sticks whack,

   They are off to their owners hall door,

   For though there is no flesh on their back,

   They must make room for the poor

   For there is terrible work in Killulagh,

   Grange-more and Raharney are made

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