School: Sraith, Magh Sheasta
- Location:
- Sragh, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Gormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0626, Page 075
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- (continued from previous page)All the young people go in the "wren" on St. Stephen's day, and have a dance in the night.
In some places the old people go around during the night gathering pieces of bread and then they have a big tea in some other place.
People spend little Christmas just the same as Christmas itself.
- On holy Thursday long ago the people used pray very often during the day.
On Good Friday the people used fast and pray, and it is the same thing they do now.
Holy Saturday. For generations past and up to the present the people always regarded it as a day of great devotion. Every member of the family would go to Confession and receive Holy Communion on Easter Sunday morning.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Máire Ní Chathail
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sragh, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mártan Ó Cathail
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 38
- Address
- Sragh, Co. Clare
