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School: Barkhall (roll number 8343)

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Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
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J. L. Browne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 366

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    Halloween is always on the last day of October. We all have good sport eating nuts, bean, and apples on Halloween night. Some people celebrate it by hitting other people's doors with cabbage stalks. Other people burn live nuts as a man and his girl to see which of them will die first. The people must be present in the house and then take the ashes of each nut and dream upon them. The dream is supposed to come true. Other people tie apples to the roof and try to catch them with their mouths. Others put an apple into a dish of water and try to lift it out with their mouths. Whoever lifts it out gets it.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Nutt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnamogagh Lower, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr H. Mc Nutt
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Carnamogagh Lower, Co. Donegal