School: Crossdoney (roll number 10811)

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1. Festival Customs (continued)

   

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   III Our box it would speak if it had but a tongue. And two or three shillings would do it no harm. Sing holly - sing ivy - sing holly, sing ivy A drop just to drink, it would drown melancholy. IIII And if you go chew [?] it, let it be the best Then grant in the high heaven your soul may find rest But if you shall take it out of the small, Then it will not agree, with the wren-boys at all." Shrove Tuesday is commonly called Pancake Day, because pancakes are eaten on that day.

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2. Local Ruins

   

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   It is said there were houses in many places in Kilmore parish about 100 years ago, where there are now no traces whatever of habitation.
   There are the ruins of a castle called Lismore Castle
   It is situated on the Lismore estate, now owned by Miss Burrowes. The Castle belonged to the Nesbitt family, about 200 years ago. There is now no trace of the family in this part of the Country except a tombstone in Kilmore Cemetery inscribed with the name Nesbitt. The castle is a walls only are standing and there are broken down in many places. In the Castle yard

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