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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cinn Mhara

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0175

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    person in the house and if there are any candles left over they name them after some neighbours. Then they put the twelve candles on a board and light them. Which ever of the candles dies down first it is said that, that person will be the first to die. On the sixth of January there are three candles lit in honour of the three wise kings who came to see our Lord.
    Mrs. N. Fallon (72 years)
    Kinvara
    Kathleen Fallon,
    Kinvara
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Fallon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cinn Mhara, Co. na Gaillimhe
    Informant
    Mrs. N Fallon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Address
    Cinn Mhara, Co. na Gaillimhe