School: Killyfargy
- Location:
- Killyfargy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ó Mórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 028
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- (continued from previous page)old prayer of this kind."Thanks be to God for the light and the darkness,
Thanks be to God for the hail and the snow,
Thanks be to God for the shower and the sunshine,
Thanks be to God for all things that grow,
Thanks be to God when the barn is empty,
Thanks be to God again when its full;
- They used to steep cornmeal for two or three hours in water. They then skimmed off top and drank it. Sowans was a popular dish around here until quite recent times.
- Colcannon or sthelk was a favourite dish on Hallow Een night. Boxty was also favoured on this occasion. Nuts were everywhere in evidence on this night - they were [burned?] eaten etc. Before bought nuts or shop nuts became common the children used to gather hazel nuts in October and store them away that they might be dry and ripe for Hallow Een night. Apples were also much in evidence.
