School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 100
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- (continued from previous page)March borrowed three days from April and with the cold of them the old cow died.
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- Collector
- Myles Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Jack Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Holy Thursday is the Cross-day of the year. The people make a cross out of straw because Our Lord lay in a manger of straw. When the cross is made the people hang it over the door or out in the out houses.
