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School: Reary, Rosenallis (roll number 924)

Location:
Reary More, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Ml. Dagg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0823, Page 101

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    water. Eggs are kept for the next day.
    EASTER SUNDAY.
    People try to eat many eggs. Children eat Easter eggs. The sun dances in the sky.
    ST.MARTIN'S DAY.
    A fowl is killed and its blood is sprinkled on the front door step. It is sprinkled to keep out bad luck.
    NOVEMBER EVE.
    We crack nuts and eat apples. We dive into the water for apples and snap them from the ceiling. There is a place in the barrow called the Clamphole. It is said that if the water flows to its scource at that place that the barns would not hod the corn that day.
    TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS.
    We clean the house. We make the plum pudding, and the Christmas cake. On Christmas eve we kill a turkey. At night the Christmas candle is lit and is
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie O Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Reary More, Co. Laois