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School: Cluain Uamha (C.) (roll number 12828)

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Cloyne, Co. Cork
Teacher:
E. Geeleher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0394, Page 167

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  1. Festival Customs - Halloween

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    Hallowe'en was a great feast long ago. Two nuts were put on the fire hob. One of the nuts would be christened a boy's name and the other a girl's name. If the two nuts hopped off together it was said the boy and girl would be married.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Morrissey
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Barry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloyne, Co. Cork

  2. Festival Customs - Halloween

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    Another interesting game was this; nuts were placed on a large sheet of tin over the fire. Then all the people crowded around the fire and snatched some nuts. It was said that the person who got the least number of nuts would die in poverty
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