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School: Baile na Cille (roll number 1320)

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Baile na Cille, Co. na Gaillimhe
Teacher:
Éinrí Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0051, Page 0086

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  1. Local Customs

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    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Goonan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Béal Átha na gCarr, Co. na Gaillimhe
    Informant
    Michael Goonan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Béal Átha na gCarr, Co. na Gaillimhe

  2. Local Customs

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    People never give away milk on May Day.
    People do not give flour or salt to anyone on May Day.
    People put a branch of white-thorn bush in their crops so that the luck of them would not be brought.
    Most people leave their doors unlocked on Christmas Eve night for the Blessed Virgin to come into the house.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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