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1. St Brigid's Cross

   

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   St Bridgets cross is made on the last day of January and on the first of February, it is put up over a picture. That night when St Briget's day is past the cross is taken down. They were made long ago and an odd person makes them yet. A woman who makes them is Mrs Reilly Ennisbeg Cloverhill, Co Cavan. They are made from rushes. I do not know how they are made.

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   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
   2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
         1. Feast of St Brigid (~366)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Masterson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Inishbeg, Co. Cavan

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   “There are two rocks in our land.”

   

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   There are two rocks in our land. They are about twenty yards from Annagh Lake. One of the rocks is a round shape and the other one is long in shape. Strange tales are told about them. It is said they were thrown there by a Giant from an Island in Annagh Lake. There are some curious carving on the rocks. People say that the time of the penal laws priests said mass there.

   

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