School: Castletown
- Location:
- Castletown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Owen Maguire
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- (continued from previous page)brack with a ring in it. They cut the brack and each one takes a piece and who ever gets the ring will be marries before next Hallow Eve.
Long ago the people used to get up before sunrise on Easter Sunday to see the sun dancing and if you see it dancing you will have luck the whole year round.
The first Monday in January is called hansel Monday and if you get a present on that day you will be getting presents all the year round.
- On Easter Sunday we light a bon fire. About eight or nine gather a lot of sticks. When we light the fire we make tea and boil eggs there does be music at the bon-fire. On St Stephens day we go with the wren. We go round dancing and playing music at every house we get some coppers at each house until we have eight or nine shillings which we divide among us. We(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Tom Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 41
- Address
- Leggagh, Co. Meath
