School: Ballivor (roll number 9380)

Location:
Ballivor, Co. Meath
Teacher:
T. Ua Conmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 261

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 261

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  1. Some people call Shrove Tuesday, pan-cake night, because we make pan-cakes.
    Most people make then very thick.
    Long ago the people used to play a trick on people.
    This is the way they used to play it.
    They used to tell the person that came in to go to such a house and to get a pan-
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