School: St. Michael's Clooncunny (roll number 14589)
- Location:
- Clooncunny, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Úna, Bean Uí Stondúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0188, Page 088
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- Until quite recently the young people use to build a little hut usually in the bog and cook eggs there on Easter Sunday. The young people still strive to see who will eat the most number of eggs on Easter Sunday. It is a firm local belief that the Sun dances on Easter Sunday morning and many who have got up at dawn to witness this phenomenon declare that such is the case.
- I can find no trace of any local customs for this feast.
- Bonfires are still built in this area and coals from the dying fire brought and thrown into the tilled fields to bless the crops for the year.
- A fowl is killed and the blood spilled for St Martin to prevent sickness or death in the year. It is a believe that(continues on next page)
