School: Moylough (C.) (roll number 13832)

Location:
Moylough, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Margaret Devine
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  1. The Irish people had always great devotion to St. Martin of Tours who was a cousin of our own national apostle St. Patrick. His feast occurs on the eleventh of November and it was always the custom to kill some fowl and shed the blood in his honour. This had to be done within nine nights after "Lá Samhna" because the old people said he would accept the offering in his honour before the feast but not after. It was not enough to kill the fowl but the blood had actually to be scattered about.
    This custom was, and is, still strictly carried out in every home in this district.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Martin (~177)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Gildea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    James Brennan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Sligo