Tá cáil ar na laethanta fada an tsamhraidh in Éirinn mar gheall ar na tinte cnámha agus an spraoi pobail a dhéantar timpeall ar Oíche Fhéile Eoin nó mar a thugtar air ó dheas, Oíche Shin Sheáin.
Labhair Mícheál Toose Mac Gearailt ar an gclár An Saol Ó Dheas ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta mar gheall ar an traidisiún bliantúil a thugann daoine le chéile ó phobal Chorca Dhuibhne. Thosaigh Toose an nós seo blianta ó shin ach deir sé go bhfuil borradh mór tagtha ar an gcleachtas le roinnt blianta anuas. Mhínigh Toose gur áit speisialta í an áit a mbíonn an tine aige, An Teampall Geal mar sin an áit a mbíodh na manaigh fadó agus dá réir, tá radharc iontach ann.
Deir Toose go bhfuil bealach leis an turas a dhéanamh timpeall ar an Teampall Geal, ag siúl thart air, 7, 9 nó 5 bhabhta. Cé go gcreideann Toose go bhfuil leigheas gach tinneas ag an duine féin, má chreideann siad é, tá cumhacht ag an Teampall Geal mar sin féin.
Folklorist, Jonny Dillon from the National Folklore Collection in UCD brings us through the customs and practices and traditions of midsummer in Ireland and further afield.
Midsummer has long been observed as a period of jubilant celebration, with communal gatherings at bonfires and prayers, recitations, music, songs, dance and merriment being the order of the night.
Join Jonny for episode 25 of Blúiríní Béaloidis as he explores the origins of midsummer festivities in Europe; recounting the raucous antics of the Brotherhood of the Green Wolf in France, considering the eve of the feast of St. John the Baptist as a symbolic counterbalance to Christmas and focusing on the protective and magical properties of the night. The fires burn on every hill and height, join us as we celebrate midsummer!
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