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

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Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Glacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 05_028

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  1. Bonfire Night

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    The people about here always make a large bon-fire on the twenty third of June. They go then and take some of the old burned sticks that are not burned out and they carry them in to every field of potatoes on their lands. They throw a bit into every field to see will the tops of potatoes hold them up. If the potato tops hold them up they say that there is a good crop in it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St John (~208)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Domhnaill Ó Toláin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Maigh Dabhcha, Co. Donegal