School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 16_022

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  1. Every year we make a bonfire in the village of Prison, Barony of Carra, County of Mayo. We always make it in the middle of the village so that all the old people in the village can come to it.
    That evening one person out of every house in the village goes to the bog with the ass for a bag of turf for the bonfire. Then they build it up in the
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St John (~208)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Kearns
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo