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1 to 8 of 8 entries in June

1 June

Folklore from the old calendars

The Lough Derg pilgrimage Still kept UlsterChambers tells the medieval legend of St Patrick's Purgatory, a cave on an island in Lough Derg where the knight Owen was said to have passed through the pains of purgatory and returned.

9 June

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Swimming the cattle on St Columba’s Day at Clonmany No longer kept UlsterOn 9 June, the feast of St Columba, many people of Clonmany drove their cattle down to the beach.

16 June, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The black ribbon Lore and belief IrelandChambers gives the Beresford family legend under the death of Sir Tristram Beresford in 1701.

23 June

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St John’s Eve fires in Ireland Still kept IrelandDonald McQueen of Skye told of seeing the Irish St John's Eve fires in 1782.
Struell Wells on Midsummer Eve No longer kept UlsterAt Stoole, as Hone calls Struell, near Downpatrick, crowds gathered from midnight on Midsummer Eve at a mount sacred to St Patrick with three holy wells.
The Bredogue No longer kept IrelandOn St John's Eve, and on some other feasts, people in the south of Ireland dressed a broomstick as a figure called a Bredogue.
The soul’s ramble on St John’s Eve Lore and belief IrelandChambers records the Irish belief that on St John's Eve every person's soul leaves the body and travels to the place where it will finally part from it in death.

28 June

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St Peter’s Eve fires in Ireland No longer kept IrelandSir Henry Piers, quoted by Hone, wrote that in Ireland on the eves of St John the Baptist and St Peter every town had a bonfire late in the evening.

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