School: Carraig Thuathail (B.)

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   there until it is nearly quenched dancing and singing. When they start to go home they take a piece of burnt stick with them and throw it into the garden for luck.
   May Day:- People used bring in pieces of May trees on May Day and decorate themselves with it.
   New Year's Eve:- At 12 o'clock on that night the people of Carrigtwohill parade the village three or four times with cans and pots and tea chests singing the New Year's Song.
   This is a few lines of it:-
   "Should Auld acquaintance be forgot,
   And never brought to mind.
   We're here because we're there because,
   We're here because we're here."
   Little Christmas Day:- On Little Christmas night the water changes into wine. A man named John Murthy lived in Rossmore, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork heard that the water changes into wine on Little Christmas Night. So he went to a well near his own house at twelve o'clock. He stayed there for a half an hour and then he decided to go home. When he got up he found his leg stiff and it never got alright.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Jerry Coleman

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carraig Thuathail, Co. Chorcaí

   Informant

   Mrs Nora Coleman

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   49

   Address

   Carraig Thuathail, Co. Chorcaí