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School: Nicker (C.), Pallas Green (roll number 14232)

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Nicker, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Miss Annie Kelly
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    until 12 o'clock May Day.
    On Michelmas Day a goose is killed and eaten for dinner.
    On St. Martin's Day a cock is killed and the blood is sprinkled around the door posts.
    On St. John's Eve bonfires are lit on the hillsides at night time.
    On Halloween barm bracks are made and a ring, a piece of cloth and a stick are put into the cake. And the person who gets the ring will be married the first in the house, And the girl who gets the piece of cloth she will be a nun.
    And the person who gets thestick will die the first.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Linfield, Co. Limerick