School: Cnoc na Biolaraighe
- Location:
- Cnocán na Biolraí, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Dll. Mac Carrthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0382, Page 079
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- (continued from previous page)this sprinkle holy water on the farmyard and in the stalls on May Eve.
- On St. Brigid's Night a group of boys used to go out and they used to blacken their faces with soot and they used to go around from house to house and they used to say at the door "Biddy Biddy", and then the people gave them some money and they used to call them the "Brídógs".
On St Brigid's Eve the people used to put an old handkerchief or a piece of cloth out on the hedge or ditch during the night and they brought it in in the morning and the old people said that that handkerchief or cloth would cure any sick person or any person that would have a disease especially a toothache or a headache. - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Peggy Sarsfield
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick O Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 42
- Address
- Baile an Chondúnaigh Theas, Co. Chorcaí
