School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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After you say that rhyme you cannot speak to anyone till the morning. The Yerragh will tell you in a dream that night.
On the first day of April we make fools of everybody.
On Hallow Eve night we eat nuts, apples, tea, and a barn brack with a ring in it. We light a nut shell and call it some man's name, then we put another beside it and call it his girl's name and if he lights the other nut they are going to be married.
On Old Hallow Eve we throw cabbage at the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John C. Mullen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Portnablahy, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- G. Mullen
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Portnablahy, Co. Donegal
