School: Baile na Cille (roll number 1320)
- Location:
- Ballynakill, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Éinrí Ó Mainnín
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- Collector
- Mary Goonan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynagar, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Michael Goonan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynagar, Co. Galway
- On St. Brigid's Day little crosses are made of timber and hung from the kitchen ceiling. Candles are also blessed in chapels for the use of the homes on that day."On Candlemas Day,
Throw on candle away"On St John's Eve bonfires are lighted at cross-roads, on the top of a hill, and outside houses in honour of St. John. Those who light the fires gather round them and cheer and(continues on next page)