School: Uachtar Árd (roll number 4786)
- Location:
- Oughterard, Co. Galway
- Teacher: An tSr M. S. Iognáid
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- XML “Laethanta Áirithe”
- XML “May Day”
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- (continued from previous page)Saturday or early on a Monday because it is said that the souls in Pugatory do not suffer from Saturday evening to Monday morning.
On the 24th of June, St John's Day it is a custom to take a red coal out of a bonfire and to throw it into every field of potatoes and oats and fairies can not take the crops then.
The last day of July and the first two of August are called Dog Days because no meat can be preserved on those days.
On May morning the people go out to gather herbs for any cures. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Kitty O Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Oughterard, Co. Galway