School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)
- Location:
- Ballyadams, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Bruadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 107
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- November night is regared as a very special night. It falls on the night of the thirty first of October.
The young people are afraid to go out on that night. They believe there is a spirit to be seen. They call it the Pooca. They say that he spits on the black-berries on November night. It is very dangrous to eat the black-berries (after) after the Pooca spits on them.
On November night the young people collect into a house and play alot of games. When they get tired of one game they play another one. During the night the Barm Brack is eaten and tea drank and the usual fun of looking for the ring in the Brack is in dulged in.(continues on next page)
