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School: Killasnett (roll number 9533)

Location:
Curraghfore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eoghan Mac Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0192, Page 139

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    St Brigid's day falls on the second of February and it is a very old custom to make crosses on the eve and hang them out of the roof. St Patrick's day falls on the 17th of March the feast of our national apostle. Irish en and women all over the world love to wear the shamrock on that day. It is a old custom on Hallowe' en, for boys to pull cabbage heads and to go around from house to house banging the doors with the cabbage and the man of the house chased them and then the boys enjoyed that joke. On St Stephen's day it is the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eamonn Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnabrack, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Pat Rooney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Lisnabrack, Co. Leitrim