School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)
- Location:
- Ballyadams, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Bruadair
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- (continued from previous page)is a sign that he will be dead before next November Night. If he puts his hand his hand on the water it is a sign, that he will cross the sea within a year. If he put hand on the ring it is a sign that he will be married within a year.
An apple is got and put hanging from the ceiling by means of a piece of twine so that it is about four feet above the floor. Each person then tries to take a piece out of the apple with his teeth without putting his hands to the apple. Sometimes the apple is put swinging and the person must stop it with his mouth before attempting to take a bite out of it.
Two nuts are put on the hearth about an inch from each other. A name of a girl in(continues on next page)
