School: Teach Mhic Conaill (roll number 15614)
- Location:
- Taghmaconnell, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ó Tuathaig
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- (continued from previous page)water, he will cross the sea, if where the ring is, he will be married first. This night is locally called 'Diving or Ducking night'. It is sometimes called 'Pookey Night' as people say fairies and pookeys are out on that night. Long ago people used leave a plate of 'cally' as bruised potatoes are called, in a certain place in the house for the 'pookey' to come and eat it. On Christmas Day everybody has a goose and plum pudding for dinner and another goose for New Year's Day. People have nothing but feasting and merry-making during the twelve day of Christmas. The feast of the Epiphany is called the 'twelfth night', 'little Christmas' and often 'Candling Night' as twelve little candles are lit in each house on that night. Each member of the family choses a candle and whichever candle dies first, it is said the person who owns it will die first. People say the Rosary while the candles are burning.Written by
Mollie CostelloInformation obtained from
John Galvin
Knock, Taughmaconnell
- Collector
- Mollie Costello
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Galvin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knock, Co. Roscommon
