School: Cluain na Cille (roll number 9216)

Location:
Cloonakille, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Eithne , Bean Uí Fhallamhain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0270, Page 210

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  1. St. John's Eve
    It was a local custom some years ago, for the young people of this neighbourhood to collect a quantity of turf and wood and light a huge bonfire on a high hill, on St. John's Eve.
    They passed the night in singing and dancing round the fire, and cheering their loudest. When leaving for home, they always carried away with them a lighted sod which they threw into a corner of the nearest field to avert sickness from cattle during the year.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St John (~208)
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