School: Killomoran (roll number 15147)
- Location:
- Killomoran, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Delia Mc Kague
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- (continued from previous page)round it and when going home they bring a bit of the fire with them.
At Michaelmas they kill a cock and sprinkle the blood about the house and the stables.
Hallowe'en is celebrated by diving for apples in tubs of water, snap apple, and a ring is put into a sweet cake and who ever gets the ring is supposed to marry first in the house.
On Christmas Night a large candle is lighted inside the window and a log of timber put on the heart called a "bloc Nodlag" which burns away for days. Nobody goes visiting that night or Christmas day.
On New Year's Eve a large candle is lighted again and every one coming in on New Year's day is treated except a woman, for whom there is no welcome on the first(continues on next page)
