big bonfire and when they had the bonfire made they threw a lad into it and they asked who'd keep him from roasting or scorching and one of them said "Who will only Jack Doyle" so Jack had to get down out of the tree to turn the fellow in the fire so begor the lad began to burn and when Jack seen the lad buning he took out to his heels to run so he escaped and got away home.

A big bonfire used as be held longlong at the Cross of Clearstown on bonfire night - 24th June.
There was an ould woman that lived near the place, and she used to come down with her faggot of furze, throw them bit by bit into the fire until the whole faggot was burned. She used drive the cows throw the

There used to be terrible dancing and sport, and often fighting to at the bonfires here.
Kegs of porter used be there, and all the crowd would get full, and it would finish up in a fight
There was a bonfire at the Cross of Wilkamstown wan night and two fellows had a falling out, and they fought like dogs, and wan fellow brought the ear clear out of the other fellow's head with his teeth and spit it out of his mouth

Great bonfires used to be held on the crossroads long ago. A lot of faggots would be stolen on some farmer in the neighbourhood and brought to the crossroads and then there would be two or three tar-barrels as well. Then the pipers and fiddlers would come along and sit down in the ditches and play music and the boys and girls would gather round the big fire and dance.
There was one down in Kilmore a long time ago and it was gettin late in the night and the fire was goin out. There was a woman in the crowd went into a nearby graveyard and brought out an armful of the crosses and threw them on

Wexford exactly seventy years ago.
If a person did a heroic
act or was a great footballer
or anything of that kind, the
people of the parish would
always light a bonefire in his
honour. All these customs have
now died out in this county.
It is a long time ago since
a bonfire was lit, almost
fifty years ago. They wouldn't
go to the bother or trouble of getting the poles and bushes
at all . . If anything great
happened nowardys, all the people
would do is go into a big
field of bushes and burn it.

ragged coat, and then when the
crowd saw that he was dressed
in uniform. "Mr. Bell has
arrived" says he. The divil such
excitement was never seen before.
They took him up on their
shoulders and they carried him
around. When they had all
cooled down somewhat, and they
were at the dancing and the
fun again, and Mr. Bell himself
had danced a few sets, he said
that it was time for him to
be going home. So the poeple
said that they would carry him
home. No, he wouldn't have
it at all he said that he
want'd to give them a "sell"
at the next bonfire so he
put on his ragged coat and
left them. So he passed
on to the next bonefire
and had the same time there.
This happened in the Co.