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School: Clochar Nuala, Dún na nGall (roll number 9389)

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Dún na nGall, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
An tSr. Eanda le Muire
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  1. Festival Customs

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    St. John's Night.
    Since Pagan times bonfires are lit on the hillsides. Then some chosen person runs over the fields with a piece of the fuel so that these fields may produce good crops afterwards.
    Whit Sunday.
    Old people do not go near water, because they are afraid of being drowned, and they do not go to sleep because they are afraid they will never waken again.
    Mat Day.
    On the first day of may the farmers plant a tree in the midden (manure heap) to keep evil away from their house,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Mc Brearty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dún na nGall, Co. Dhún na nGall
    Informant
    Joseph Mc Collion
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dún na nGall, Co. Dhún na nGall