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M. Mac Rois
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  1. Hallow Eve Customs - The Four Saucers

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    Many tricks are played every year at Hallow-Eve. One of these is "The four Saucers"
    Get four saucers, and put a bit of clay on one of them, a ring on another, a cross on another, and a sip of water on the other. Then a person is blind-folded, and if he puts his hand on the clay, he will die soon, if he puts his hand on the ring he will be married soon, if
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brendan Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Balgaddy, Co. Dublin