School: Sruthán an Aifrinn (roll number 13982)
- Location:
- Massbrook Lower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Mhóráin
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- The bonfire night is kept in honour of Saint John. It falls on the 23rd of June. About eight o’clock the bonfire is lighted and they gather sticks and whins for it. They generally light the bonfire on the sides of roads and mountains. The people wait at the bonfire until about twelve o clock. When some people are leaving the bonfire they go round the fire three times and say their prayers. Some of them bring a coal with them and throw it into their stalks. It is the custom to put a bone in the fire.
