School: Loughglinn (C.)
- Location:
- Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Méadhbha, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)the dew on May morning to prevent sunburn during the Summer. Bonfires are lit on St John's night. There is cabbage-throwing, ducking for apples and feasting on Hallow Eve night. Candles are lit and placed on the window sills on Christmas Eve.
When a churning is being made in a house any person who comes in must turn the handle of the churn a few times. It is a custom to put a burned coal under the churn when a person is churning so that the fairies would not bring the butter.- Collector
- Annie May Regan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Driney, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Regan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Driney, Co. Roscommon