School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- On Saint Bridget's night a crowd of girls dress them-selves up in old clothes and they go out honouring St. Bridget. They get a turnip and a potato and make a doll of them. The turnip is used as the body, and the potato as the head. They stick two pieces of rods through the turnip and they are the feet. They put a dress on it then.There are no hands on this doll. Bridget is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Ruane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo