School: Grangegeeth (roll number 2630)
- Location:
- Grangegeeth, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séosaimhín, Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 002
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- (continued from previous page)out of doors - usually in the garden. On this they boil hen eggs and duck eggs. The eggs are then eaten and tea taken in the garden.Choclate Easter eggs are also bought and eaten.
Lamb is cooked for dinner.On Holy Saturday people present one another with presents of eggs. This is called a "Clúdac".
They also give one another apples if they have them.
The eggs are always carried in a tin can or gallon. People say the sun dances at sun-rise on Easter Morning.
