School: Cill Uachtair
- Location:
- Highwood, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0181, Page 280
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- Hallow'een Customs
There are many customs connected with Halloweve. The children play many games and tricks on that day and they have great fun. They always look forward to this great feast. They have sweet cakes, apples, nuts, sweets, and they make a sweet cake with nuts in it.
The people say that the child that gets the ring will be married. A person goes to bed early and does not speak a word until morning he has a dream during the night and the person he sees in his dream is the person he will marry.
They get three sauces, they put clay on one of them water on the other and a ring on the other. they blind-fold some person and if he puts his hand on the water(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Francis Devine
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Highwood, Co. Sligo
