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1. Hallow's Eve Customs (continued)

   

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   name of the person you will marry.

   The foregoing were told to Maureen Cunney, by William Mullaney, also of Currower.

   Here is a trick which young men played to find out who they would marry: – A young an went out after dark, and walked three times round an oats stack and pulled a straw each time. He plaited these together and hung them over his bed. It is said that if he did this, he would dream of the girl he was to marry. If the one he dreamt of was dressed in black, he was to marry a widow.

   This is another trick which people made use of to find out whom they were to marry. They went after night-fall to a lime-kiln and walked round it three times. When they were going round the third time, they called for a drink. If they waited for a little while after calling, it was believed that they should see the people they were to marry coming over to give them drinks.

   At twelve o'clock, mid-night, a person got an apple, cut it in two and

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Cunney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Corrower, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Mary Mc Nicholas

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Corrower, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Mrs Cunney

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   88

   Address

   Aclare, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   William Mullaney

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Corrower, Co. Mayo