School: Richmond (roll number 14400)
- Location:
- Richmond, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 200
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- Saint John's night falls on the twenty fourth of June. There is usually good sport on that night. The young boys and girls build a fire.
They build it on top of a hill or at crossroads. They build it in honour of Saint John. The boys and girls of the village come to the fire. They say prayers around the fire.
They build it with turf and straw and sticks. They put a bone in the fire. When they are going home each of them brings a coal. They dance and they sing around the fire. When they light the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Loftus
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinlabaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr Martin Loftus
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 50
- Address
- Ballinlabaun, Co. Mayo
