School: Kilmacteige (B.) (roll number 15500)
- Location:
- Cill Mhic Thaidhg, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Cuirnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0173, Page 209
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- On November Night the marriageable girls would go round the houses in their neighbourhood and their mouths full of water. They would listen at the doors and the name of the man they would hear, that was the name of the man they would marry. If they did not hear any man's name mentioned in a house they would have to keep going till they would hear a name mentioned and their mouths full of water all the time.
On New Year's Night 12 Candles were made out of rushes and lit in honour of twelve Saints and if the names of these Saints(continues on next page)- Collector
- Michael Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cill Mhic Thaidhg, Co. Shligigh
- Informant
- Margaret Donegan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Cill Mhic Thaidhg, Co. Shligigh