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School: Hospital Convent (roll number 13898)

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Hospital, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Sr. Bernard
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0515, Page 130

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    one for a man. If the white leaped away that is a sign they would not be married. If the two stayed together that is a sign that they would be married.
    On Ash Wednesday it is an old custom to go to the chapel to get blessed ashes.
    It is the beginning of lent and people make a sacrifice on that day; they fast and abstain. They also abstain from some things they like very much for the forty days of lent. Men abstain from drink and smoking and children from sweets.
    Chalk Sunday is the Sunday after Lent and it is an old custom to chalk old
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Chrissie Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lodge, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs J. Kiely
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lodge, Co. Limerick