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School: Glentidaly (roll number 9983)

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Glentidaly, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. M. Heron
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 234

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  1. Festival Customs - Shrove Tuesday

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    Shrove Tuesday falls six weeks before Easter and there are a few superstitions in connection with it. On that day people always make pancakes and long ago they used to put rings, buttons and thimbles inside them.
    There was usually a party on that night and whoever got the ring, it was thought that they would be the first of that company to be married. Whoever would get the button would be a bachelor and the person, who would get the thimble, would be an old maid.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Shrovetide (~188)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margery Malseed
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooney, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Bride
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Roughan, Co. Donegal