School: Monknewton (roll number 9696)
- Location:
- Monknewtown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha
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- My mother told me the following:-
On Easter Sunday the people used eat eggs. It was usual for every member of the family for to get an egg at each meal. The people used give eggs to those who had no hens as presents and that was called "Easter Gludack."
Xmas Eve was always a fast day and the people used eat ling-fish on that day.
On Shrove Tuesday the people used eat pancakes and cabbage and bacon. Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash wednesday.
On Hallow Eve colcannon was usually eaten. The farmer used give his work men a quart of milk and a pound or a half-pound of butter for the colcannon on Hallow Eve.
