School: Baile Dubh (1)
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Dhúnaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 46
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- Saint John's Day is the 24th June. The night before is called Bonfire night. Long ago every lit a Bonfire, and the farmers made the cows go out over it.
Then the people had great fun, sometimes crowds would gather toghter and have a dance around the fire until it would be burned out.
Now no one bothers about making the cows go over the fire, even if they do have a fire. Very few people have a fire they might light a bush but that is all. Tis the remains of a Pagan custom they say and that it would not be right to do it.
- Collector
- Kittie Barry
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Cornelius Barry
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
