School: Baile Meadhonach (roll number 10675)

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1. Festival Customs (continued)

   

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   and they stop from talking from one o clock until three o clock. On Easter Sunday a great feast wa held every-body eats a great number of eggs. All the children have a picnic on that day, the chiefly consists of eggs, sugar, tea, sweet-cake, sweets and milk. On May day all the people make a may bush and place flowers near it in honour of the Blessed Virgin. On St John's night bonfires are lighted and the people dance and sing around them. On St Martin's day a cock or a sheep is killed and the blood is sprinkled around the yard. No miller works on that day because St Martin was a miller. On hallow Eve sweet cakes are made and there is a ring put in each

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   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eileen Dolan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carnanthomas, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Stephen Donohoe

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Roo, Co. Galway