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School: St Garvan's, Rathmullen

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Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus P. Mac Eiteagáin
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  1. The Night of the Dead

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    The night of the dead is always held in the night after halloweve night that is the first night of November. Some people believe in it and others do not. I think that it is not right to believe in it because I think when people leave this word they have nothing more to do with it.
    The (co) custom in our house on the Night of the Dead is to put a fire on and to brush the house and to clean it up. Then the chairs are out round before going to bed. I think that people should not believe in them because I believe that the old customs are handed down from pagan times and I think that it was the pagans used them in honour of the god "Baal"
    There is no such things as Ghosts nor
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles Mc Garvey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killycolman, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Rose Mc Garvey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killycolman, Co. Donegal