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School: Naomh Féichín, Mainistir

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Abbey, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séan De Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0054

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    people around this locality put up a May pole. The way they put it up is they get a bush and put egg shells on it and also they put flowers on it.
    7. On Fools day the people make fools of each other. The way it is done is some body wants them and when they go to that person they dont want them at all, and then they call that person "April fool".
    8. On chalk Sunday the people get chalk and they put a stroke of it on some person that should have married and that person dont know that the chalk mark is on them at all.
    9. On Whit Monday the people around this locality never work a horse. The reason why they do not work a horse is they say it is not right.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Joynt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Conicar, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Joynt
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Conicar, Co. Galway