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School: Mín a Ghabhann (Meenagowan) (roll number 16823)

Location:
Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Glacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 02_042

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    “The people about here always make a large bon-fire on the twenty third of June. ...”

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    burned sticks that are not burned out and they carry them into every field of potatoes on their lands.
    They throw a bit into every feild to see will the top of the potatoes hold them up.
    If the potato tops hold them up they say that there is a good crop in it.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Colm Ó Meallaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Na Fargáin, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Michael Melly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Na Fargáin, Co. Donegal