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School: Kelladone (roll number 5123)

Location:
Killadoon, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Padhraic Maguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137C, Page 09_010

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  1. The Bonfire

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    The twenty-third of June is kept in honour of St. John, because on that night he died. There is a bonfire lighted in every place on that night. The little boys have great fun gathering bones, old bags and tarred-boards. They then get two or three bags of fry turf and place it on a hillock, they put the bones and bags and boards in the centre and they put the turf around it. When they
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St John (~208)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen O' Malley
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Anthony Staunton
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    88
    Address
    Tallavbaun, Co. Mayo