School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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- (continued from previous page)It left it ousdie Coill Mór hill. When it went out of sight Mícheál Mór said "God speed you and you did'nt leave us enough thread for the year." When he said that every blade of it came back to its place again.
- This is the way St. John's night is observed in this district. Every family has a bonfire of its own on St. John's Eve. Before leaving the fire the people go around it seven times and say prayers. Then they take a coal out of the fire and throw(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Máirtín Caoigín Ó hOistín
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Ted Hastings
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo