School: Cill Tártáin
- Location:
- Kiltartan, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Tuathaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0047
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- On St. Martin's Day everyone in our parish kills a cock or a sheep. They gather the blood into a bowl or basin and every person in the house dips his finger into it and makes the sign of the cross on his forehead with it. They do no eat the meat until two days afterwards.
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- Collector
- Vincent O' Shaughnessy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kiltartan, Co. Galway
Festival Customs
“The night of the 23rd of June - "bonfire night" or commonly known in the parish of Kiltartan as "the night of the wisps”
The night of the 23rd June - bonfire night or commonly known in the parish of Kiltartan as "the night of the wisps". On that night the old people of the parish light a sheaf of corn which is called a wisp and shake it on the crops to bless them. It is an old pagan(continues on next page)
