Scoil: Dhuish
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- An Dubhais, Co. an Chabháin
- Múinteoir: P. Ó Murchadha
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Bailiúchán na Scol, Imleabhar 1013, Leathanach 238
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Ar an leathanach seo
- (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)St Johns Eve and St Peter's Eve two bonfire nights
Probably survived of old pagan feasts adapted to represent Christian times. It was customary to collect sticks for the occasion and a fire was started at some central place where boys and girls collected and danced to the pipes or fiddle tell morning. Songs were sung during intervals. This survived till late years when the sticks were replaced by local, four hundred being burned at Dhuish cross.
A May Queen or may baby was a local girl dressed up to queen it over the other girls. Singing and dancing too place around the short lived 'queen'
The Boyne bonfire night was celebrated by the local protestant at the 11th July to commemorate William's victory at the Boyne.
Halloween was a feast somewhat like Shaft. Colcannon eaten for supper. bread melting took place to see in to what shapes it went when poured through a key into water.
A rosy chopped apple placed over door and whoever came in first got the apple. Whoever got it supposed to be married first. It was customary on making the fire that night to scatter the ashed over heartstone. If the imprint of a foot appeared in morning pointing outward denoted death or person leaving the house if inward a marriage or homecoming during the year.
