School: Kilsarcon (B.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 14797)
- Location:
- Kilsarkan West, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Murchadha
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- Long ago people used to light bon-fires on this night. They used also hunt the cows around the field with a burning bush. This was supposed to bring the cows to dairy.
- On the eve of Michaelmas, that is the 29th Sept everyone is supposed to have a goose for supper.There is an old rhyme which says"On Michaelmas night by right divine
The goose is choosen to be the swine" - 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.
- Informant
- Denis O' Keeffe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Dromultan, Co. Kerry