School: Leitir Mhór (roll number 15944)
- Location:
- Lettermore, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eilís Ní Bhaoghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1037, Page 150
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- (continued from previous page)marry, but if the nuts light up, and jump towards each other, they will surely be wed. The children play many tricks with the nuts, and apples. A favourite trick is to hang an apple with a string from the roof. Then with much noise, and bangs on the nose, each child tries to get a bite out of the apple, without catching it with his hands.
Another trick which requires more courage, is "Ducking for apples". An apple is placed in a tub of water. Then each child in his turn, dives his head down into the water, and tries to catch the apple with his mouth. Whoever suc[c]eeds in catching the apple gets it to eat.
- Collector
- Philomena Boyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lettermore, Co. Donegal
