School: Cill Ríchill
- Location:
- Kilreekill, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál S. Ó Gaoithín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0191
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- On St. Brigid's night, crosses are made from ears of oats. These crosses are placed in the thatch. WHen sowing the oats the people used to take a few grains of oats from the cross and put it in the first sieve of oats to be sown. A cake is also made and a ring put into it. Each person gets a slice of the cake. Whoever gets the slice which contains the ring is supposed to be the first to get married.
People would not consider themselves lucky if on St. Patrick's Day they did not get a drink from somebody to drink their Patrick's pot. On "Chalk Sunday" a cross is made with chalk on all people's backs who did not get married during Shrove tide.
Long ago people would not yoke horses on Whit Sunday or Monday. People never bath or hurl either on these days. It is said that if you get a wound on that day that it will never heal right.
On the feast of St. John a bonfire is lit in his honour. A goose is killed for the dinner on Michaelmas Day. Owners of mills(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Monahan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cahernagarry, Co. Galway
