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School: Gowran (C.)

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Gabhrán, Co. Chill Chainnigh
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Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0860, Page 141

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    St Martins Day. On this day the furs were lit on the hills.
    Also the people used to kill a fowl & drop the blood on the step of the door.
    On St Brigids Day people used to make a cross of wheat & put it over the barn door until the next year then they'd put new wheat up.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gabhrán, Co. Chill Chainnigh
    Informant
    Mrs Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    69
    Address
    Gabhrán, Co. Chill Chainnigh