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School: Cill na Naomh

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Kilnaneave, Co. Tipperary
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Mícheál Ó Flannagáin
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    Chalk Sunday is the first Sunday in Lent. Old bachelors are chalked coming out from Mass on Chalk Sunday. In this district the custom of chalking is kept up. The old bachelors and maids are not pleased when they are chalked. It shows they are up for sale again next year.
    The people when chalking each other make figures or drawings on the other's backs. One of the boys buy the chalk some time before Chalk Sunday and distribute it among the rest of the boys.
    There aren't any proverbs or expressions connected with Chalk Sunday.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
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    Máire Ní Sionnach
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