School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)
- Location:
- Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 302
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- (continued from previous page)or a nun. Another is to get a tub of water; put an apple into it and dip for it. On Christmas eve we leave food on the table for the Holy Family when they are passing and leave a bit of candle on the window that shows that we welcome them
- The farm animals: - sheep, horses, cows and pigs and goats. The cows have no names. When we are driving the cows we say "how! " "How". The cows are(continues on next page)
- Collector
- B. Murray
- Informant
- Mrs Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Tlachta, Co. Meath
