School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)
- Location:
- Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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- There was a man long ago and he used to be at every bone-fire. As soon as he had finished with one bone-fire he would go off to another one. St John's eve falls on the twenty third of June every year. It a custom to throw a bone into the middle of the fire. There is a bone-fire on the top of every hill because the first fire was lit on the top of a hill. It is a custom to have a fire(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Ludden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Maggie Ludden
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bellaburke, Co. Mayo