School: Léim Lárach, Carraig Thuathail (roll number 4118)
- Location:
- Leamlara, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Nia (Meville?)
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The Fair Field of Ballylea (continued)
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(continued from previous page)"Maggie Lanagan" and "Bravo Kate" used dance one in each of the tents. They had a fright of porter. Stakes were put in the ground and a huge fire of furze was lit. People danced around the fire. Young girls were taken by the hand and should jump the fire three times. Old women had shawls and long clay pipes. The young people brought big stones for the old women to sit on and "moguard" was shaken over the fire. The people used keep some of the moguard until the next year, and when anyone was sick they put it on them. Going home the people carried the burned sticks and threw them into the gardens for luck.- Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- J.C. Neville
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher