School: Goirtín
- Location:
- Gorteen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)May Day,
On the first day of May the people make a may pole and tie flowers on it.
- St. Martin's Day.
For St.Martin's Day, the people kill a cock.
St. John's Day.
The feast of St. John falls on the 23rd June. On that night the people light a bonfire. - Collector
- Rita Greally
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clogh, Co. Galway
- St Patrick's Day.
On the feast of St. Patrick, the people wear a spray of shamrock. Some send the shamrock to their friends in other countries. - Lent.
The people fast during Lent.
Ash Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. The people receive the blessed ashes on that day.
Good Friday.
On Good Friday, the people to to the church and they do the stations of the cross.
Easter Saturday.
People hide eggs on that day.
Whit Sunday and Whit Monday.
The people say that if a foal was born on either of these days that it would be a dangerous animal.
