School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 376

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    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
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kate Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Kilgarriff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo