School: Cluain Uí Chuinn (roll number 5844)

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   “There are many ceremonies still observed on festivals although many have died out in recent memory.”

   

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   The old man attended and built the fire which included some "new" turf cut that year. A musician of some sort was requisitioned and dancing went on, sometimes in a ring around the fire. No one failed to bring home to throw in the land a sod of turf from the "blessed" bonfire. This was thrown into the owner's field for luck during the year. I have heard tales of cattle being driven through the fire for luck. St Martin's day. The custom still prevails of killing a fowl, hen or goose, especially for St Martin. Sometimes young goats are killed, and invariably the blood is sprinkled behind the door.

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   “There are two stories of friars which I heard from a very old man since deceased.”

   

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   There are two stories of friars which I heard from a very old man since deceased. One concerned the friars at Lahask, a place about a mile and a half from this school It is said that two only were left in charge of the monastery and were left for the purpose of packing up +c. A local resident who was curious to know what was going on inside put his eye to the keyhole to see. The monk spat through and told the man

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