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_044

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

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    all into a creel and leave them outside to morning.
    They go outside them and every one takes his own Bratog Bridge with him
    They carry it about with them everywhere they go till the following year. At the end of the year they burn the old crosses that were made the year
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Colm Ó Meallaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Na Fargáin, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Michael Melly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Na Fargáin, Co. Donegal