School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

Location:
Aughrim, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0397

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    they very often get plenty of sale and chalk. Youth will have it's way, and to vex the old girls is only fun for them.
    In olden times, the people used to have oat-meal bread and herrings on Chalk Sunday for their dinner, but that has gone with the time.
    Chalk Sunday is also called 'Domhnach na bPus'. The people say that all the young girls have long faces on them that day. I wonder is this true?
    (Maureen Mullen, Newcastle)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.