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1. November's Night and It's Customs (continued)

   

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   with a possibility of making-up" the differences afterwards. But, if both nuts prove sulky, then trouble can certainly be expected. A party of young people of both sexes go out into a wood and search among the ash trees. What they seek to find is "an even-leaved sprig" The first man and the first maid to find such a treasure are bound to become sweethearts. This is the greatest favourite of all. Three dishes are taken: one filled with clean water, another with dirty water, and a third is left empty. These are left side by side on a table the position of the dishes being changed every time. The players blind folded poke the ring finger into any dish they like and the fates duly oblige with an answer. The clean water shows a happy marriage, the dirty water a trouble and a stormy union, the empty bowl shows that no marriage is probably until the next Halloween comes.

   

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
         1. Halloween (~934)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Teresa Mc Dermott

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballyglass, Co. Roscommon