School: Newtownmanor (roll number 4905)

Location:
Newtownmanor, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
P. Mac Néill (Nelson)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0199, Page 408

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  1. In some places during Lent the people abstain from eating eggs and when Easter Sunday comes they get plenty of eggs and they bring them out in the open air and they light a big fire on which they boil the eggs and then they eat them until they almost get sick.
    Also on Easter Sunday morning it is thought that the sun dances at about six o clock and a great many people in this locality rise early and watches it.
    On Garland Sunday at present most of the people go to "Tobar an Alt" to pray. It is a holy well in the County of Sligo. About fifteen years ago they used to go to the top of a high mountain in close proximity to my house on this day and there they used spend the day in
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Flanagan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Faslowart, Co. Leitrim