School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- (continued from previous page)Shrove Tuesday the people in Prison used to make oaten cakes and eat a big meal of meat. We in Turlough always make pan-cakes for tea.
Holy Thursday the old women of the village used to gather together in one house and say the rosary.
Good Friday people used to fast until three o'clock and they spent all their time on their knees praying except when doing any essential work.
Easter Sunday. There was always great eating and drinking. Eggs were always eaten in big numbers at breakfast and tea.
The children used to steal eggs from their parents for the feast in the field on Easter Sunday after dinner.
They then made a fire in the field and cooked and ate the eggs. This(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary A. O' Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patsy Ausboro
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
