School: Graigue, Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4124)
- Location:
- An Ghráig, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Lionacháin
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- (continued from previous page)pishogues. People still sprinkle holy water on the cows on that night.
On the eve of St. John's day (June 24th) people light fires in the gardens to keep away the blight. - It is an old custom to have a goose cooked for Michaelmas night, September 29th.
We have "snap-apple" on Hallowe'en and also a special cake in which are placed a piece of cloth, a piece of timber and a ring. It is said that the person who gets the piece of cloth will be a nun. Whoever gets the piece of timber is believed to be the first to die, while the person who gets the ring is said to be the first to be married.
For "snap-apple an apple is placed in a tub of water, and all the young people of the house gather around the tub. They all try to catch the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Elizabeth Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Shiurdáin, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Shiurdáin, Co. Chorcaí