School: Kilmactranny (roll number 6385)

Location:
Kilmactranny, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Cáit, Bean Uí Chasmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 078

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    should eat eggs on Easter Sunday.
    The children be comparing who will eat the most eggs on that day
    St Martin's day falls on the 11th of November. There is always a cock killed and the blood spilled on the flag of the door in the flag of the door in honour of St Martin. If St Martin's Day falls on Friday the cock should be killed a day or two before it. A wheel should not go round on St Martin's Day or something will go wrong before the day is ended.
    Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday. It is a very sorrowful day because Christ was crucified on that day. The farmers like to set as much potatoes as they can on Good Friday because it is said that if anything is set or sown on that day it will surely grow.
    New Year's day is the first day of the year
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maurice Mac Donagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmactranny, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Laing
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    81
    Address
    Kilmactranny, Co. Sligo