School: Monasterevan (2)
- Location:
- Monasterevin, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Miss Ievers
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- (continued from previous page)as the case may be. This is another trick. A person gets a pan and puts some salt and methylated spirits on it. They then wrap themselves in a sheet and light the salt and spirits. They hold the pan up in front of them and knock at a person's door. When the person opens the door they think it is a ghost and they sometimes run away in fright.A favourite custom of the girls was this. They used to get a ball of wool and throw one end down into a pit and say "No matter who holds, I'll wind". They expected to pull their lover up. Sometimes a man used to hide at the bottom of the pit and then come up with a false face on him. The girl would sometimes drop the wool and run. boys often tied asses to doors, to give the people a start when they opened the door. Hugh Warren 25 ad Aibrean 1938.
Std. V Age 12.Address, Skirteen, Monasterevan.
- Collector
- Hugh Warren
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Skirteen, Co. Kildare
