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School: Ceis Carraigín (roll number 13849)

Location:
Keshcarrigan, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Mag Fhionnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 027

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    “On Shrove Tuesday it was customary not to drink milk in (their) tea, or eat bread made with milk.”

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    May chickens never grow full size.
    It is thought unlucky to kindle a fire until you see smoke (in) from three houses first.
    The first person to get water from the spring well on May morning will have butter all the year round.
    Bridgie Doran 31..1..1938.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Festival Customs

    “If eggs are set on Good Friday there will be birds in all of them.”

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    "If eggs are set on Good Friday there will be birds in all of them.
    On the 23rd of June a bonfire is lit, in honour of Saint John, and it is lucky to bring a lit cole home and throw it into the potato field, and this will keep away disease.
    On Garland Sunday the Sunday in July it is a custom to have colcannon, or a fowl for the dinner.
    If it rains on Saint Swithen's day, it will rain for forty days and forty nights.
    The garlic that is set on Good Friday
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Conn O' Boy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumingna, Co. Leitrim