School: Cnoc an Bhile (roll number 14426)
- Location:
- Knockavilla, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Edward Cussen
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- Festivals:-
1. On St. Martins day a hen is killed and the blood is sprinkled on the door-post.
2. On St Stephen's day young people gather together and go around from door to door collecting money singing the wren song. Sometimes they form a dance out of the money sometimes they divide it up among each other.
3. On St. John's day a bon-fire is lighted. Some person throw a lighting brand into the garden with a little prayer so that the crops in it may be lucky.
The above are some festivals that I heard at home said by my parents.
Aindrias Ó Briain
Cnoc-a-baile.
- Collector
- Aindrias Ó Briain
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockavilla, Co. Tipperary
