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School: Kilbride (roll number 11793)

Location:
Cill Bhríde, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Ní Mháirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0698, Page 077

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    Easter Sunday is another great feast. On this day the children try who will eat the most eggs. We often eat five or six eggs each.
    On Hallow Eve we duck for apples or money in water.
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    May day we put up a May bush decorated with every kind of wild flowers We tie little bunches of the flowers with long coloured ribbons so that they would fly with the wind.
    Sts Peter and Paul's day we light a bon-fire.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Mahon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13