School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Boys) (roll number 16332)

Location:
Skerries, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
T. Mc Namee
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    Customs.
    Skerries Co Dublin.
    On All Souls' Night the people generally leave a glass of water or other things in their window before they go to bed
    It is always the custom on all Hallow Eve to go and melt lead and pour it into water and see what form it takes, to go into a room and look into a mirror and you would see the picture of your future wife or husband
    This is a story I heard from an old man (a tramp) in Meath. This all Hallow Eve night there was a
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Strand Street, Co. Dublin