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School: Cill Cúlach

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Kilcooly, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0298

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  1. Local Customs (continued)

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    Michaelmas day, for it is said that the Devil spits on them
    On St John's night people light a bonfire as it is said that on that day the last of the Danes were expelled from Ireland.
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  2. Local Customs

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    On St Brigids eve the old people used to make a cross of unthreshed straw and fasten a potato on it with a pointed stick. They would then fasten the cross to the inside of their dwelling house. When they would begin sowing the potatoes they would take down that potato and cut it in three parts and plant it first in the field and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Richard Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Thomas Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Boston, Co. Galway