School: Lucan (B.)

Location:
Lucan, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
M. Mac Rois
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    then they mix the flour and the pictures together. Then a boy is blind folded and brought before the table with the basin of flour. If he takes out a picture of an Irish woman he will marry a woman from Ireland. If he takes out a picture of a French woman he will marry a woman from France and so on according to the pictures he takes out. If girls are playing all is carried out in the same way.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Keegan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Sarsfield Terrace, Co. Dublin