Catalogue of Brand Material.
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" Making Christ's Bed " (lay- ing a rush figure on a wooden cross in a field : obs.) - - _ -
Playing football - - -
IV. Local Legends.
Rocks rent at the Crucifixion
LOCALITY.
South Pembrokeshire. West Wales.
Foel Hafod Bleddyn (Merionethshire) , The Sky rrid Mountain (Mon- mouthshire).^
SCOTLAND.
I. Natural Phenomena.
Eggs laid on, keep fresh - - West Highlands. Butter made on, is curative - West Highlands.
Hazel rod cut on, makes divining- rod ------ West Highlands.
II. Things Forbidden.
To put iron into the ground - West Highlands.
Blacksmiths will not work (legend) Caithness.
IRELAND.
I. Natural Phenomena.
A man born on Good Friday and christened on Easter Day is a doctor -----
A girl who meets her lover on Good Friday will never be married -
II. General Observances.
Flax must be sown before Good Friday -----
Mussels gathered before Good Fri- day ------
Unweaned babies made to fast
III. Local Observance.
Pilgrimage to the Skellig Rocks -
Cork. Locality (?)
Tyrone.
Donegal. Connaught.
Cork.
1 In England, the Needle's Eye on the Wrekin, Salop. This list might be very much extended.
