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 217

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  1. The old people of Moville believed many things about Hallow Eve. This is one of their old beliefs.
    On Hallow Eve night long ago the people's belief was, that the devil had a court of wicked souls who had died. For their bad deeds in the world he caused them to take the forms of wild beasts. This belief was kept up right until quiet lately. The people said they saw strange wild animals on Hallow Eve night.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnagarve, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Dan Orr
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carnagarve, Co. Donegal