Bride, Saint, c453-525 (Kildare)
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Custom on La Fheill Brìde [St Bride's Day], 20 November 1873
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/12
Scope and Contents
Custom on La Fheill Brìde [St Bride's Day] that people went to the beach and brought back a crab [partan] which was placed in the middle of the floor. If the crab 'went to uac[hd]ar an tai[gh]' [the top of the house] 'the man re[mained] on the lar am bliana, if he went to the door he left'. Carmichael notes that hte custom is 'Not now done.'
Dates:
20 November 1873
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