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School: Cnoc Aoibhinn (Mount Pleasant) (roll number 13500)

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Mountpleasant, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Longáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090, Page 156

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    but if they go apart they will not be married.
    The young girls also gather together in another house and have their own games. They go from house to house with a mouthful of wheat and the first man's name they hear mentioned he will be the future husband. They also make a cake with a ring in it. Each one gets a part of the cake and whoever the ring will be married first. The people believed that it is not right to eat fruit that is left on the trees after November's Night.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Gavin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Weatherfort, Co. Mayo