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School: Caisleán Nua (C) (roll number 15772)

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Newcastle, Co. Galway
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Máire, Bean Uí Staic
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    The water that is blessed on Easter Saturday there is a special blessing attached to it and that it cannot get that blessing any other time of the year, all the people bring home a bottle of it and each person drinks one mouthful of it. If a thunder storm came this holy water would be shaken against the windows and doors of the house so as to keep the harm away and the same is done with Whitsuntide water.
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