School: Tighmhanach (roll number 15715)

Location:
Tivannagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mrs E. Jordan
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 349

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 349

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tighmhanach
  2. XML Page 349
  3. XML “Stories of Leprechauns”
  4. XML “Bonfire Night”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    (continued from previous page)
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
  2. The feast in the year that we have most fun at, is bonfire night. A few days before it, the children go around with a money box and collect money which they spend on buying sweets and things for it. On bonfire night all the children gather and light a big fire. After a good while they make tea and give it out in cups with slices of cakes. When it is over they sit on forms and chairs around the fire and wait till half eleven or twelve then they all go home.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.