School: Ardnagrath (roll number 5963)
- Location:
- Ardnagragh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: M. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 400
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- (continued from previous page)get a small bush and they decorate it with flowers. They put this bush some place near the house and this is called the "May Bush". people in this district have "bonfires" on the 29th June. People never work a mill on St Martin's Day.
The young poeple in this district always have great fun on Halloween night. They play a lot of games. The young boys go out stealing gates or cars. They hide them for fun. They are got next day. People buy a cake with a ring in it and they cut the cake up in slices on the Eve of Halloween; the person that gets the rign is said to be married first. On Christmas Eve people decorate the house with holly and ivy. On Christmas Eve night people put a lighted candle in every window in the house. On St Stephen's Day the young boys(continues on next page)
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- Teresa Cunningham
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