School: Gaduidhe Dubh (C.)
- Location:
- Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cáitlín Ní Mhiothagáin
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- The custom on St John's night is that every body puts fires outside the byres and when the cows go in some one person of the house throws a lighted turf over the cow's back.Another custom is that every person of the house jumps over the fire three times and throws a lighted turf three times towards the donkey or horse to bring luck on them during the year.
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- Collector
- Annie Devlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal