School: Teamhair, Áth Treasna
- Location:
- Taur, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Súillleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)is exposed all the day, and people come to adore it. A number of people get married during Shrove and any person who does not get married it is said "that they must go to Skellig."
Long ago the people rubbed chalk to the bachelors on Chalk Sunday which is the first Sunday of Lent.
Good Friday is the Friday preceeding Easter Sunday. Any crops or plants planted on this day are sure to grow.
Easter Sunday is the Sunday following the first full moon after the 21st of March. On this day the people get up very early as it is said the sun dances.
Lent is over at 12 o' clock on Easter Sunday Saturday and the people eat a number of eggs on Easter Sunday. The children think it a great honour to tell each other how many eggs they eat on that day.
May Day is celebrated on the first of May. On this day the people did not like that another person would take fire out of their houses for fear of taking butter in the piseóga.
St. John's Day is celebrated on the 24th of June. Bonfires are lighted and when they are extinguishing the cattle are driven through them to prevent them from any harm during(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glennamucklagh East, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Michael Murphy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Glennamucklagh East, Co. Cork
