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School: Béal Cláir (B)

Location:
Belclare, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Cristíne Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0027, Page 0401

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    St Martin
    St. Martin's Day falls once a year, it falls on the 11th of November.
    Every country woman chooses the best hen or young cock and kills it.
    At every door of the house the blood is sprinkled and two crosses are made on each door in honour of St. Martin.
    St. Martin died a martyr in Tours.
    Early in the year every farmer marks the best lamb in the fold to be killed.
    It is killed on the Sunday before St. Martin's day.
    It is a custom that every country house which keeps a horse on the farm should produce two killed fowl.
    Every country house
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní hUigínn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Máire Bean Uí Uigínn
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female