School: Attymass B.
- Location:
- Attymass, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Flannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0127, Page 404
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- (continued from previous page)Longago the young boys and the young girls used go to Ballina on Patrick's Day. But since the l pup public houses were closed no one goes to Ballina atal.An [?] :- Shrove is called Seraft here. It is that the time for marriages When Seraft comes in, the match makers get busy. Sometimes two are married that never saw each another before. But now they can be married any time in the year atal.An Carrgas:-Lent comes in on Ash Wednesday. Some people fast from sugar in their tea. Some days in Lent were black fast days some years ago such as Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Some people in our village do not put milk in their tea or make bread with milk or eat any butter or any eggs on those days yet.Ashes : are blessed on Ash Wednesday and put on the foreheads of the people who attend Mass. A lot of people come to the chuch church that day.Domnac na Fartme:-Palm is blessed on that day(continues on next page)
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- Michael Gallagher
- Gender
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