School: Bouleenshere (C.) (roll number 12865)
- Location:
- Buailín Séar, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Mary A. Walsh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417, Page 514
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- (continued from previous page)called New Year day, people get up very early to see how is the wind blowing. Because if the wind is from the east the English will have the fine year, and if the wind is from the west 'tis for Ireland the victory will be.
Young people get up early to go around gathering money this morning. St. John's night we light big, big fires, at the cross roads; and as the fire is burning down the boys and the girls leap over it, and on going home they carry a red sod to kindle their own fires in the morning.
Shrove Tuesday people who have not married before must go to Skilligs; and on "chalk" Sunday the eligible people that are not married before are marked with the chalk for Skilligs. On Easter Sunday people eat more eggs than on any other day in the year.
- Informant
- William Crosbie
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- An Tigh Dubh, Co. Chiarraí
