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School: Gaduidhe Dubh (C.)

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Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
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Cáitlín Ní Mhiothagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 360

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    Hallow'eve
    In olden times the people had some customs during Hallow'eve Grown up boys and girls would get a snail and place it in some place and cover it with a plate and in the morning when they would lift the plate the initials or names of whom they would be married to would be written on the plate.
    Others would get three heads of cabbage and go to the door of three houses and stand out side and if they heard (heard) the name of (and) any person mentioned in each house it was to be the name of their husband
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid U. Harkin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clehagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Margaret Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clehagh, Co. Donegal