School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- The bone fire night is always on the 23rd June, the eve of St John's day. All the boys of a village go to the bog with asses and creels for loads of turf. They put the turf in a heap at a cross-road. They get half of it and build it in the shape of a fire. They leave a small hole in the middle of it for the coals of fire. They also put a bone in it. The children look out for the bones a month before the bone fire night.
When the fire is kindled all the old people and children go to the fire and say the rosary around it . Then the old people go into(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Mc Nicholas
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Mc Nicholas
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo