School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)
- Location:
- Boyle, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Sr. M. Columbanus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 115
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Halloween Customs (continued)
“Two thousand years ago, when the land was still pagan, this was supposed to be the night when the dead, especially the evil and the wicked, were called back by the god of death.”
(continued from previous page)other story, fun that goes on before bedtime. Many tricks are played on this night also. My grandmother told me of a custom practised in Boyle. Sprinkle ashes from the hearth to the hall door. In the morning there will be tracks in the ashes. If they face the door some one will go away or die, and if they face the hearth someone will come to the house or some one will be born. My uncle told me a story also. One Hallowe'en night he was out looking after his farm. After trying the cows for the night, he retraced his footsteps for home. He was accompanied by the farm hand. They walked home by the railway, as it was a shortest way. (The land adjoining the railway as it was the shortest way, The land adjoining the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maeve Turbitt
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Termon, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mr Scanlon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Boyle, Co. Roscommon