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School: Moylough (C.) (roll number 13832)

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Moylough, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Margaret Devine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0052

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  1. Halloween Customs

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    There are many old tricks still carried on in Irish homes on the great festival of Hallowe'en. The sport begins with the supper for which a rich barmbrack is made. A ring a sixpence a thimble a button and various other things are put in it. The person who gets the ring will soon be married and whoever gets the sixpence will be rich and so on.
    This is another game. Three cups are laid on the table. One is filled with dirty water another with clay and a third with clean water. A handkerchief is tied around the person's eyes and he lays his hands on some of the cups. If he touches the clean water he will soon be married and if he touches the dirty water he will never be married. If he touches the clay he will die before the year is out.
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Parsons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowreagh (Cooper), Co. Sligo
    Informant
    John Parsons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowreagh (Cooper), Co. Sligo