School: Druim Mór
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0167, Page 053
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- (continued from previous page)did not forget the great fairs and they still call the hill Cnoc na gCaorach - though there are not many sheep seen on it nowadays.
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Long ago when people raked the fire at night they swept the hearth and kitchen nice and clean.Then they made a little fire on one side of the hearth for the fairies and other spirits that visited the house.
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On Christmas night the door of the house was left wide open till midnight lest some poor traveller passing the way might want food and shelter.
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An oat cake was always made for the supper on Christmas Night - A little piece of this was kept safely in the house till the following Christmas night. This piece of oatcake was supposed to keep away all bad diseases during the year.
- Informant
- Peg Judge
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crowagh or Dunneill Mountain, Co. Sligo
