School: Coratillon
- Location:
- Corratillan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Ó Beirn
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- A cross was made fom rushes on St Bridget's Eve.
This was called '' St. Bridget's Cross.''
A member of the house-hold (usually the man of the house) went round the house three times with the cross and knocked at the door each time. The people of the house said: '' whose there, '' the third time he knocked.
The reply was '' St. Bridget.''
Then the people of the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Una Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corratillan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Miss Mary Martin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corratillan, Co. Cavan