School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach

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1. Halloween Customs (continued)

   

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   each nut, if both burn brig[ht?] together it signifies a happ[y?] marriage while if they bu[rn?] and fly apart no marri[age?] at all will take place.
   If an apple is peeled thinly but care taken th[at?] the rind is not broken, a[nd?] if at midnight this rind [is?] thrown over one's left shou[lder?] it forms the initial of one future husband or wife. Ano[ther?] old charm is to eat an apple before a mirror [at?] midnight while combing one's hair. It was believed that the face of the per[son?] whom one would marry wo[?] appear in the mirror.
   Even the old people s[?] to have great belief in the

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      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