School: Boher, Bushfield. Nenagh (roll number 9190)

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1. Halloween Games (continued)

   

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   to dry at the fire, at midnight your future husband would turn it. It is said that if you peel an apple in front of a mirror at midnight you would see your future husband. If you peel an orange at midnight and throw the rind over your shoulder the rind will make the initial letter of your future husbands name. The games always finished with Púicín.

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
         1. Halloween (~934)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggy Gleeson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Templemore, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   John Gleeson

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 57

   Address

   Templemore, Co. Tipperary