School: Cloonagh Boys' National School
- Location:
- Coolrawer, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: P. O Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0167
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- (continued from previous page)harp, and sometimes the young boys and girls have a party in honour of St. Patrick.
The old people on St. Patrick's night have a dance as they say it is not right without to "wet" the shamrock.
Easter Sunday
On Easter Sunday the people would eat more eggs than they usually eat, and the boys have parties in honour of Easter.
Whit Sunday
On Whit Sunday the old people say that it is dangerous to go near any water that a teaspoonful would drown you.
St. John's night
On St. John's night the boys and girls light a fire of turf and throw a bone into it.
Then they have singing and dancing till after ten o'Clock, then when they are coming home each person brings a coal and throws it into their own tillage field in order to have a lucky crop.
St. Swithin's day
on St. Swithin's day the people would pray that it would not(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Fleming
- Gender
- Male
