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    Information received from
    (Mrs Ellen Foley (74years)
    Mountcoal
    Listowel

    St Bridget's Brath.

    Long ago the old people got a white cloth, and hung it outside in the thatch of the houses during St. Bridget's night. In the morning they brought it in, and the women of the house put it up to keep; if any of the family got sick it cured them.
    Any place there
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
        1. Féile Bríde (~366)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Foley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Cnoc an Ghuail, Co. Chiarraí