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School: Convent of Mercy, Moville (roll number 9278)

Location:
Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Sr. Celestine Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 212

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    Long ago, in country districts, the young people played tricks on Hallow Eve night.
    One of these tricks was called, Cabbage Stalks. Some boys would scrape the inside out of the stalk of a cabbage. They would then stick the end of it under a door and place in it some burning coals. These would smoulder and fill the house with smoke. The guilty boys would run away and the people of the house would think the house was on fire.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mary Feeney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal