Accession No
Z 45372 N
Description
Cros Bhríde. St Brigid’s cross. A straw cross formed of two long wooden sticks, bound into a cross shape with black thread, and four short wooden sticks attached at four points to make four small crosses. The central cross and the four outer crosses are all woven with straw into a square shape.
Place
Europe; Northern Europe; British Isles; Ireland; Republic of Ireland; Ulster; Donegal; Glencolmcille
Period
Source
Thompson, David (Reverend) [collector]; Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 45372 N
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Plant; Grass
Local Term
Cros Bhríde. St Brigid’s cross.
Measurements
565mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
A-G: swastika shaped rush crosses. H-N: rush crosses of other shapes on wooden sticks.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Acquisition Details)
Previously recorded as collected by Haddon and donated by Thompson. Reverend David Thompson was the Rector of Glencolmcille, Donnegal, where these Brigid's Crosses were collected. It is likely therefore that he was the collector, and the items subsequently entered the Haddon Collection in 1902.
Event Date 1902
Author: Mark Elliott
Context (Acquisition Details)
Previously recorded as collected by Haddon and donated by Thompson. Reverend David Thompson was the Rector of Glencolmcille, Donnegal, where these Brigid's Crosses were collected. It is likely therefore that he was the collector, and the items subsequently entered the Haddon Collection in 1902.
Event Date 1902
Author: Mark Elliott
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr A.C. Haddon in 1902.
Event Date 1902
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
A straw cross formed of two long wooden sticks, bound into a cross shape with black thread, and four short wooden sticks attached at four points to make four small crosses. The central cross and the four outer crosses are all woven with straw into a square shape.
Event Date 17/3/2023
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:290106
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