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School: Maio (roll number 13119)

Location:
Trohanny, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire Ní Chreaig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 516

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 516

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  3. XML “Feast-Days - St Patrick's Day”
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  1. Feast-Days - St Patrick's Day (continued)

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  2. Feast-Days - Saint John's Day

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    The feast of Saint John is kept on the twenty fourth of June. On the Eve of Saint John's day there are bonfires lit. They are lit on the side of the road usually, but sometimes they are lit on the top of a hill.
    The fires are made of sticks. The children gather the sticks the previous day. The fires are lit when it gets dark about eleven o'clock. It is only children that light the fires now. Long ago young men used to light them. They danced and they sung around the fire till it quenched.
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