School: Redwood (roll number 11912)
- Location:
- Redwood, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máighréad Nic Chormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 223
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- Hallow E'en, or the last night in Oct, a lot of games are played. Nuts are burned, & apples are hung out of the ceiling. Whoever is quick enough to catch the apple in his mouth, receives it, and is allowed to eat it. A tub is filled with water, and "ducking" for apples takes place. A barn-brack is made, a ring, a button, and a medal are put in it. Whoever gets the ring will be married first, whoever gets the medal will join a religious house, and the button indicates that the person will remain in single blessedness all his or her life.
There are three saucers got - clay is put on one, water on another & a ring on another. The players are blindfolded, whoever touches the clay will die first - whoever touches the ring will be married first - & the person who touches the water will cross the sea in search of a living(continues on next page)
