School: An Cheapach, Askeaton
- Location:
- Cappagh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Henry Mulligan
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- (continued from previous page)the left. When a person comes along, especially and old maid the boy at the right side went to the left and the boy at the left went to the right, so the person was caught in the middle of the road.
There is no custom now on chalk sunday. Long ago perhaps every boy or girl had chalk so as to write names on the people's coats especially a black one. On May Eve nobody picked flowers for fear of the "Good People", that is what the old people used to say. They would also sprinkle holy water on the cows back.
Halloween was and is another great feast day of the year. The children play snap-apple and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Loughnane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derry, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- John Loughnane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derry, Co. Limerick
