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School: Clochar na Trocaire, Cinn Mhara

Location:
Kinvarra, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Siúr M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0323

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    Tuesday as it is the last day on which they can get married until after Lent.
    On Ash Wednesday most of the people go to mass to get blessed ashes rubbed on their foreheads and they also keep it as a black fast day. They drink black tea that day and they eat bread without butter.
    On Chalk Sunday all the children buy chalk and they chalk all the unmarried men and women. On Good Friday people spend three hours in the chapel and they do the stations at three o'clock because whatever one asks from Our Lord at three o'clock on Good Friday one is supposed to get it.
    Everyone loves Easter Sunday because on that day the people
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs O' Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway