School: Tulach Ruacháin
- Location:
- Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál de Bhaldraithe
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- (continued from previous page)the bon-fire, people would offer a few prayers in honour of St. John. It is not right to quench the bon-fire until it wears out itself. Every one would go to the shop and buys bread and some of them would milk the neighbours cows. They would get a pot and boil the milk and loaves on the fire. Each person would have a mug and a spoon and they would have a feast. Everyone would bring home a sod of turf from the bon-fire. I got the above information from Patrick Caulfield.
Patrick Caulfield. (son)
Culnacleha
- St. Patricks DaySt Patricks day is th held on the 17th of March every year. The people wear a shamrock on their coats on that day(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Morley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowkeel West, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Morley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowkeel West, Co. Mayo
