School: Cill a' Lachtáin
- Location:
- Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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- (continued from previous page)On Christmas Day a feast is in every house. There are three masses said in every Church because it is the greatest feast in the year. On that day a number of people dress in coloured clothes and go about from house to house gathering money. On Christmas evening the people usually put a light at every window in the house and they are left lighting until mid-night.
- Halloween night is the first of November. On that night games are played. This is some of them. There is an apple hung from the roof of the house by a twine and who ever(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Shaughnessy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Chelsea, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr Peter Shaughnessy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Chelsea, Co. Galway