School: Ráth Dubh, An Bhlárna (roll number 8393)
- Location:
- Rathduff, Co. Cork
- Teacher: D. Ó Súilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)any old maids or bacholors they bring them outside the door and ask them why they did not get married in their young days. Then they take them about half a mile from the house and next morning the people say that they were taken to Sceilg.
On St. John's Night people visit Holy Wells and light bonfires in honour of St. John.
On Hallows Eve night people have great feasting. They have apples, sweets, nuts, and barm-bracks.
- In most districts many feasts are observed in a special manner as they occur each year.
On St. Stephen's Day boys and girls go around from house to house collecting money and singing the wren's song. They carry a decorated holly bush with them. The money is spent in buying apples, sweets and oranges.
On May morning people used to wash their faces with the dew and it was said that they would not get a cold for the year.
The fair young maid on the first of May,(continues on next page) - Collector
- Nora Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Longstone, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Longstone, Co. Cork
