School: Rathwire (B.) (roll number 8415)
- Location:
- Ráth Ghuaire, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: C. Ó Gallóglaigh
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“There used to be an old custom of putting flaggers or rushes at the doors...”
(continued from previous page)hill in Rathwire. This old custom has fallen into disuse. On Ash Wednesay nearly all the people in the district go to the Church to get the Ashes.
On Candlemas Day when the candles are brought home they are lighted and the Sign of the Cross is made with the grease on the inside of the clothes.
On Hallowe'en games are played by children in the kitchen:- snap apple, burning nuts at the fire, Diving for money in a tub of water, Telling fortunes with clay, water and a ring and melting lead.On Hallowe'en night the kitchen is cleaned. A good put down Chairs and stools are place around the fire and a bucket of nice clean water is brought in from the pump or well. This is done because people say the souls of the friends departed come to visit the house on that night.
On St Stephen's Day the young boys go around with the Wren. They wear all kinds of fantastic dress and have their faces covered or disguised. They sing the rhyme "The Wren the Wren the king of all birds" etc. They play music and dance outside the houses.
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“The usual farm animals are kept by the farmer in this district.”
The usual farm animals are kept by the farmer in this district. The cow, sheep, horse, ass, pig, goat, duck, hen, goose and turkey. When drawing cattle people say "How up", When getting a horse to stop(continues on next page)