School: Coill an Easbuig (Bishopswood), Dundroma
- Location:
- Coill an Easpaig, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Cárthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)Wart Weed: Contains a milky liquid in the stem + this when applied to warts helps to banish them
- On Michaelmas day the first goose of the year is eaten.
- On St. John's night fires are lit at cross-roads and on top of mountains. Every farmer lights a bush in the midst of his cattle and in his garden.
- On May eve a bush is cut off a hawthorn and on the bush a bunch of wild flowers are tied with ribbons it is then stuck down in the ground and left there. This is done to honour the Blessed Virgin.
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- Collector
- Mary Dwyer
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coill an Easpaig, Co. Thiobraid Árann