School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 159

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    innocent, others were harmful and superstitious, as they involved the use of charms by means of which those who played them hoped to bring certain things to pass. Today the destruction of cabbage and the soaping of doors and windows are about the only survivals of harmful games connected with this night.
    Love and marriage seem to be the chief topics on which information is sought various games are played to discover something about the person one is to wed. the most common of these is to place two nuts side by side in the fire silently naming
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Ruane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annagh Hill, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Annagh Hill, Co. Mayo