School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha

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   Another equally successful, though much more troublesome, way is to light a huge bonfire on the nearest hill, and then run round it seven times before leaping through the centre of the flame.
   Personally, however, I would prefer to await the spooks' pleasure.
   It is a common belief - once very prevalent in this country - that on this night the souls in Purgatory are released to visit their still mortal friends It was, indeed, from this very superstition that Halloweve, as we now know it - a night of feasting and fun - developed, and it was for this reason, too, that in the Ireland of not so many years ago, the country folk, before they retired to bed on this night, always prepared a blazing fire and a well swept hearth to welcome their unearthly visitors.
   Nevertheless, though things

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
         1. Halloween (~934)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Mc Sweeney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Inchineill, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Tim Twomey

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Inchinaneave, Co. Cork