School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn
- Location:
- Callan, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: An Mháthair M. Síle
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- (continued from previous page)crowd to sit around the fire and to sing and the old player to play the Fifes, Melodians, and Flutes, and at the closing to sing a hymn of Praise to the Lord for the Coming good crops.
- The people used to gather together and go to a May bush on May morning, some of the people danced round it while others lit fires. When the bone fires died down each person took a red ember and hurried home quickly with it if it lit the fire for them their luck, they considered was great for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Liathán
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baunta, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs Marnell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilbraghan, Co. Kilkenny