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School: Gaduidhe Dubh (C.)

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Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cáitlín Ní Mhiothagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 358

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    take you home again. Always the people would make a sweet cake and they would put a ring in it. At night they would make tea and they would cut that cake which the ring was in. Whoever got the piece with the ring in it would get married the first.
    During the night they would play tricks They would hang an apple to the roof or ceiling and put their hands behind their backs and try and catch it with their mouth. They would put an apple
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Úna Ní Chealluigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Sara Kelly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annagh, Co. Donegal