School: Clones (Naomh Tighearnach) (roll number 13685)
- Location:
- Clones, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Mac Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0946, Page 246
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- (continued from previous page)many games played both indoor and outdoor that day. Many boys gather together and play football.
Some boys dress themselves like girls on Hallow-Eve night and knock at the people's doors. Gates are taken and thrown behind some hedge. Doors are tied and bushes are thrown at the windows so that the people would not get out.
A few days before the Sixth of January boys dress themselves with girl's dresses and go round the country gathering money. On that night they buy cakes and other things and have a feast that night.
