School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)
- Location:
- Irishtown, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mrs Mc Manus
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- (continued from previous page)On St. Martin's day they kill a chicken and spill the blood in four corners of the house this is an old custom. On Halloween the people make "Ceallaidh" and plays all kinds of tricks.
The people rejoice and pray during the twelve days of Christmas. On New Years eve they ring the bell in every Church the old year out and the new year in. Epiphany the people light twelve candles. Long ago they used to get rushes and pull them and dip them in fat then they used to make something soft and stick the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Kate Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Kilgarriff
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo