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School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)

Location:
Rathdowney, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Peter Hegarty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 374

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    melancholy.
    III;
    And if you draw it of the best.
    I hope in Heaven your soul may rest
    And if you draw it of the small
    It won't agree with the wren boys at all.
    ST,JOHN'S DAY:
    St John's Day is another great festival around here. All the boys and men gather turf and logs and light a big fire. All the people sit around it til it dies out.
    HOWEES HALLOWEEN'
    Halloween is also a great festival and all the boys and girls welcome it. There is a barnbrack and nuts and apples in every house. The brack contains a ring for marriages, a pea for poverty, a bean for riches,
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    George Bourke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathdowney, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mrs Leahy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Rathdowney, Co. Laois