School: Kingscourt (B.)
- Location:
- Kingscourt, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ml. Breathnach
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- (continued from previous page)the door. When the people would open the door in the morning the barrel of water would spill in on the floor.
- We celebrate the festival of Hallow e'en on the 31st of October every year. This festival was originally a pagan festival but it was changed to a Christian festival. There are a great many out door and indoor tricks played on that night. Some people tie doors, while others take away gates and hide them, while others again put a barrel of water against a neighbour's door, and when the neighbour opens his door in the morning the barrel of water spills in on the floor. Some people tie(continues on next page)
