School: Coolronan (roll number 16247)
- Location:
- Cúil Rónáin, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 357
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Hollow Eve Beans was always roasted a black one and a white one, a white for a woman and a black for a man. The two were roasted together and if the white one jumped away the woman would leave the man. Other people would roast grains of wheat.
Two cocks were killed for St Martins - The eleventh of November.
About forty years ago the people would make a rice pudding for Christmas and throw whiskey over it and set the whiskey on fire and eat the pudding.
Good Friday was a black fast long ago and no one who was bound to fast could put milk in their tea or butter on their bread or anything like that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Lenahan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Béal Átha na Muc, Co. an Longfoirt
