School: An Mhodh-Scoil, Sligeach
- Location:
- Sligeach, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Tomás Guy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 043
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did not understand that there were three Persons in one God St. Patrick took a shamrock in his hand and showed them that there were three leaves in one leaf and on one stem, and in that way he got them to believe him
On Shrove Tuesday everyone makes pancakes to eat.
Shrove Tuesday has no special date because it falls before Ash Wednesday.
On the 1st. of Lent everyone stops some bad habit they have got till the end of it. They also fast during Lent, some people take tea without sugar or milk.
On Ash Wednesday Roman Catholics go to mass to get ashes in the form of a cross on their foreheads.
On Good Friday some people fast all day, because our Lord was crucified that day.
On Easter Sunday everybody got Easter eggs from their friends.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Frank Duncan
- Gender
- Male
