School: Ballivor (roll number 9380)
- Location:
- Ballivor, Co. Meath
- Teacher: T. Ua Conmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 262
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- (continued from previous page)take sieve. When he would go that house they would tell him to go to the next house, and they would make him go through the country till he would come back to the house where he was at first.
There was another name for Shrove which is Siraft.
- Birdeog Night
On Birdeog the people used to get twelve rushes peel them and stick them into a cow-dung and light them.
The whole family would then kneel around them and recite the rosary.
By doing this the people believed they would have luck all the year round. - A legend
It is the belief old people that when they would bury treasure they should bury a sow with young pigs. They are supposed to guard. - Informant
- Frank Dempsey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballivor, Co. Meath
