School: Cliffoney (B.) (roll number 13882)

Location:
Cliffony, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Patrick Mc Hugh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 0584

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 0584

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    a Catholic is dying, a lighted (blessed) candle is kept in his or her hand.
    Each family takes a certain number of candles (containing a certain percentage of fine beeswax- 65% I think) to the local Church in the morning.
    One candle is only taken home, as the remainder are given as an offering and taken possession of by the Parish Priest.
    Whenever a violent storm accompanied by thunder and lightning is raging or whenever there is "big wind" and people are nervous a blessed candle is lighted and kept burning until the danger passes away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. The Feast of the National Apostle is nowadays celebrated in a very becoming religious manner in the Parish of Ahamlish, and altogether different from what it was forty or even thirty years ago. The shamrock is worn by men
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Patrick (~140)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Address
    Cliffony, Co. Sligo