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Bride, Saint, c453-525 (Kildare)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Proverb about snakes, June 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/24
Scope and Contents

Proverb about snakes which reads 'La Fheil Bri [Fheill Brìde] thig nibhir as an toll, Cha bhoin mi fhein do nibhir' [On St Bride's day the snake will come out of the hole, I won't touch her and she won't touch me]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: June 1887

Proverb beginning 'La feill Bride nam brig/bric/ban (trout)' and accompanying vocabulary note, 1894

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/135
Scope and Contents

Proverb beginning 'La feill Bride nam brig/bric/ban (trout), Thig an ridean as an toll' and accompanying vocabulary note which reads '"Ridean" = righinn = queen = serpent'. Text has been scored through in pencil.

Dates: 1894

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