School: Cathair Loisgreáin (B)
- Location:
- Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic de Chlár
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0290
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- XML “Ráthanna agus Liosanna”
- XML “November's Night”
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- (continued from previous page)was at home before them sweeping the floor. It was said that it was Fionnbara, king of the fairies, who took her.
- "Apart from feasting etc many customs assoc. with that night. First indoor work such as spinning & other night work began that night. Crowds gathered into one house & stories of ghosts & fairies were told. Some young person boy or girl went out for a head of cabbage. If he got a big one the future husband (or wife) would have a big heart - if a small one - future husband would have a small heart; if clay or roots much money or big fortune or rich partner indicated if little - the opposite. The cabbage was hung over door"
Above was got from an old note book probably from a cutting in a newspaper. In some places yet they throw a head of cabbage at the door when passing
