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School: Páirc Árd (High Park) (roll number 11431)

Location:
Carrowgilhooly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0169, Page 212

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    of the cross on their foreheads with the Blessed Ashes to remind them of their last end.
    Chalk Sunday.
    Chalk Sunday is the Sunday before lent and as there were no marriages in that period the people used to say that those who were not married before that time would be dissatisfied and have a "smuth" on themselves.
    Good Friday.
    There is a superstition among most people that blood should not be spilled on Good Friday.
    Easter Sunday.
    It was an old custom long ago to get eggs blessed on Easter Sunday.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eugene Lacken
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derk More, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr. John Lacken
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromard, Co. Sligo