School: Scoil an Chlochair, Cappamore
- Location:
- Cappamore, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Fionntán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 310
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- (continued from previous page)The youths of the country go round gathering eggs for Easter which is an old custom. People, as an old custom eat a surplus amount of eggs on Easter Sunday morning, owing to an argument of who should eat the most.
There is a custom on May Eve, people generally put salt in the wells so that their neighbours cannot gain anything by pishouges (piseóga) during the year. People refuse to either let their neighbours take water from their pumps or wells, or lend them anything on May Eve. They also sprinkle holy water on the cows. People work pishouges (piseóga) on May Eve.
On St John's night, bonfires are lit. On St. Martin's Day, people kill a chicken and spill the blood on the door-step.
On Hallow Eve, people have lots of customs. People hang an apple off the ceiling and try to bite it. They get three plates and put water in one, a beads in another and ashes in the third. And then blind-fold one person, and which ever one he puts his hands on, if he puts his hand on the water he will cross the sea, and if he puts his hand on the beads he will be a priest, and if he puts hand on the ashes, he will die first in the house. Get a basin full of water and put an apple in it and try to get it up without touching it with your(continues on next page)
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- Eibhlís Ní Umfraidh
- Gender
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