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School: Dysert (roll number 8640)

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Dysart, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
C. Nic Eochagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 466

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    cross and who eats the eggs on Easter Sunday are said not to be sick the whole year.
    If you do not eat any meat on Saint Stephens day you will never be sick the whole year.
    On shrove Tuesday people cook pancakes and put a ring in them.
    On the night before the first of November people have bracks with rings in them and tricks are played on that night such as tying doors, taking wheels from under carts and hiding them, and tying heads of cabbage to the latches of doors.
    An old custom was to throw a horse shoe or an old shoe after the wedding party.
    Never look out through the window at a new moon.
    When you see a new moon and have money in your pocket turn it upside
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Joseph Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Dysart, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mary Meehan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    48
    Address
    Dysart, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Thomas Meehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Dysart, Co. Westmeath