School: Tuar, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 15526)
- Location:
- An Tuar, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Síghle Ní Riain
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- 1) Long ago people stayed up until twelve or one o'clock in the night to welcome in the New Year and bands went out at midnight to play the old year out and the new year in.
2) In "gentlemen's" places they had canons in the roofs of the houses and they use to shoot out the old year.Sir Charles Barrington had canons in his castle in Glenstal.
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Newport- Collector
- Sheila Cummins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gort na Sceiche, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- The custom of lighting bone-fires on St John's Eve still prevails but many of the attendant ceremonies such as throwing in a bone, etc. have fallen into disuse. At the present time people usually light a bush in the corner of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Murnane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Béal Átha Chléibh, Co. Thiobraid Árann