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1. Festival Customs (continued)

   

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   at nightfall and the fires continue to burn all through the night.
   There is generally one large fire made at a crossroads in each district and the young people gather and sing, dance and play games around it.
   The crowd never scatters till the fire is dead and then each one takes home a piece of the ashes to bring good luck to the homes and crops.
   On St. Martin's night each housewife kills a duck or some fowl and the blood is spilled in the four corners of the house.
   On Hallow E'ev night, or as it is called "The night of the fairies" many old customes are practiced.
   The melting of lead and the pouring of it through the ring of a key into a tub of water is used to foretell the fortunes of the coming year.
   A favorite custom is to rake round a haystack seven

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nuala Kenny

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Corr na mBan, Co. Liatroma