School: Cill Ábhaill
- Location:
- Killavil, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Conláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0457
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- There are many festival customs during the year. St. Stephen's Day is the most day the children celebrate. They use false faces and they go to the houses playing music and singing. On St Brigid's Day the children half a turnip. They put two eyes a mouth and a nose in it. They go from house to house with it. On St Patricks Day the people wear shamrock in their coats. Some people send shamrock to their friends in other countries. On Whit Sunday the people say it is unlucky to go fishing, because they would be drowned before that day twelve months. On Halloween night the people play a lot of tricks. Some people wash a shirt in three mairn waters. When they come home it is hung on the end of the bed. They will see whom the will be married too.
- Collector
- Francis Coen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballonaghan or Harristown, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Thomas Coen
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballonaghan or Harristown, Co. Sligo
