School: Ballyroddy (roll number 12629)

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   ashes or slops for fear they would be throwing out their luck.
   St. John's Day.
   Feast of the assumption(August 15th) no one is this locality would do out-door work on this day, and they start their pilgrimage to Tubbermurray well.
   St. Martin's Day - People in this locality always kill something for St. Martin's Day. and let its blood flow, in order that none of their cattle may die during the year. "St Martin takes before but not after" the old people say.
   Hallowe'en. people in this locality play tricks to find out their future wives or husbands, they also say the fairies are out that night and they sweep the hearth well before they go to bed. They feast on apple-cake with a ring in it, whoever gets the ring will be married first.
   St. John's Day. People light a bon-fire at crossroads on St. John's Eve, and young people collect to dance and play games, old people, too, sit round the fire and tell stories, when you are going home, you usually bring a sod of lighted turf in their hands to throw in their gardens

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   Topics

   1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ita Gannon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Caldragh, Co. Ros Comáin

   Informant

   Mrs Holmes

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   79

   Address

   Caldragh, Co. Ros Comáin