School: Belvoir, Kilkishen
- Location:
- Belvoir, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 110
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- St Johns Day
It is on the twenty fourth of June on the eve of the feast bonfires are lighted all people sit around then and sing and play and dance in hounour of St John
- It is the Sunday after Sharove Tuesday. Anybody who did not get married and who were of age to get married are chalked on that Sunday. Young and old enjoy chalking those people.
- Lent
Every Wednesday and Friday is fast during lent and every day there is abstainence . Nearly every body fasts from some thing for instance some fast(continues on next page)
