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Document	Piece	Otros temas del fragmento	Sumario
D-065	A01	song:
I-038	B15
SH-003	A18	song:
SM-011	A25
SN-007a	A09	Christmas - religion: - religion:
SN-007a	A08	religion:
SM-001b	A04	religion:	On the eve of San Juan a fire was lit with the hay blessed by San Juan the previous year. The people would jump over the fire and exclaim “ The Mayor out !” or “The Mange out !” or whatever. On the eve of San Juan they took water from the well.With the dew they would strip off from the waist up and they would roll in the grass. One kid was born “stunted” and they made a fissure in an oaktree. On the night of San Juan they brought him there to the tree. There were two Juans and they said three times: "Don Juan, karrak Juan, Viva San Juan" and sticking the kid through the fissure. Nowadays, that kid has six children.
IR-004	A02	beliefs
IR-004	A08
N-007	A03		They had to go to communion at least once a year. When they did so, the priest would give them a card and if they did not have a card the mothers would feel ashamed. Then the mothers would return the card to the priest along with a half dozen eggs.
N-007	A05		Sometimes the gangs of lads would go out for chestnuts and roast them in a pot and eat them.
SM-012b	A04		At funerals the relatives of the dead person brought candles and bread to the church as offerings. Half way through the mass the priest received the bread. Whoever made the offering would share out the bread and everyone took a piece as they left the church. At the funeral celebration a great meal was prepared and many people would sit to it. They would tell their bees that someone in the house had died.