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School: Athboy (C.)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 071

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    that day twelve months.
    On ash Wednesday the people eat their fill of concannon and this is a most local costum.
    It is said that on good Friday if anyone made bread, or churned, they could cure any disease.
    On Easter Saturday the costom carried on is egg eating. All the people eat four or five eggs on this day. On Easter Sunday at four o'clock all the people get up to see the sun dancing with joy, because our Lord arose from the dead. On this day the people eat a lot of eggs too.
    On the twenty-ninth of June bondfires are lighted. On Hallow Eve nuts, apples, and bracks are eaten. On Christmas Eve holly and ivy are hung on
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna M. Cassidy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Cassidy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath