School: Drumcrave
- Location:
- Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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Jesus Patha. Amen.This prayer should be put in a bag around a small child's neck, that is not able to say the prayer. - The following is a verse about magpies, which some people say is true:-
"One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a wedding,
Four for a birth,
Five for silver,
Six for gold, and,
Seven for a secret that never was told".
When Saint Brigid was a child, she especially loved wild birds, and they grew so tame that they would flutter down and feed from her hand.- Collector
- Philomena Beirne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cavan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Sister Catherine
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Longford, Co. Longford