School: Desart, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 3839)
- Location:
- Ballymack (Desart), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Mary Commins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0854, Page 112
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- (continued from previous page)throw it on the land to bring prosperity.Another custom in connection with May Day :-
Some farmers used to light a fire across a gap and drives their animals and horses through it in order to bring luck.St. Martin's Day - Blood was always spilled on St. Martin's Day. A chicken or goose used to be killed.St. Patrick's Day - Burnt a stick and made a cross on each person's arm with the burnt end.
