School: Garán (roll number 11721)
- Location:
- Garraun, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Seán Breathnach Domhnall Ua Ríoghbhardáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033, Page 0049
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- (continued from previous page)Also The people sprinkle the blood of what ever they kill over the door. The first of November is calles all Saint's Day. It is said that the suffering souls are wandering about the world on the eve of all Saint's Day. No one likes to be out late on that night, in case that they would see anyone that died belonging to them. The feast of all Souls is held on the second of November. On that day the priests allowed to read three masses. On the eleventh of November the feast day of St. Martin is celebrated. The people kill some fowl for that day also and they sprinkle the blood over the door. The next feast is Christmas Day. It is the biggest feast of the year. The priest is also allowed to read three masses on this day. The twenty sixth of December is St. Stephens Day. The young school boys go round from house to house on that day with the wren. They catch the wren the night before and they put him in a cage. They generally get money in every house (at) they go into. When they go into every house they say
Dreoilín, dreoilín, rí na n-éan
Lá Fhéile Stíopháin do gabhadh an t-éan
Is mór é a muirghin is beag é féin
Dá bhfuigheadh sé ceapara d'íosfadh sé é.(continues on next page)
