School: Cill Tártáin
- Location:
- Kiltartan, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Tuathaigh
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Festival Customs (continued)
“The night of the 23rd of June - "bonfire night" or commonly known in the parish of Kiltartan as "the night of the wisps”
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- Collector
- Paddy Nolan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corker, Co. Galway
- On the 1st of May every year the farmers of this Parish do not work in the clay, because they fear that some accident would happen if they did.
A long time ago a certain man of the Parish went out ploughing on the 1st of May and it is(continues on next page)