On St Bridget's night all the little girls go round to the houses with the brídóga.
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Fógmhar beag na ngaetheadh. When the wheat and oats etc are gathered the geese are let into the stubble's and that is called The Harvest of the geese.
INFORMANT: Mary Mc Donnell, Age 77, Address, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo
Shrove Tuesday.
On Shrove Tuesday all the old people used to go to town to buy ling and jam for lent. On Shrove Tuesday night they used to have potatoes and bacon and cabbage for their supper. From that night until Easter they used not eat any meat.
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