School: Feighroe, Inish
- Location:
- Connolly, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Antoine Mac Mathúna
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- (continued from previous page)23rd June - On that night it is an old custom that the people used to go up on the top of a hill and light a bonfire.29th June - It is a noted holiday.15th July - The people say that if it rains on that day it will rain for forty days.29th September - It is an old custom to kill a goose or a hen on that day.1st November - On that day the people have apples and beans and they play alot of tricks with them.11th of November - It is an old custom to kill a hen or cock and spill the blood.26th December - On that day the young children go hunting the wren and they have great fun.
- January - On the first of January no girl goes into another mans house.February - The first day of February is Saint Bridgets day. In every house they make a cross of straw or or timber and nail it to the rafters.March - On the 17th March is Saint Patricks day. The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Delia Conlon
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Denis Conlon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcolumb, Co. Clare