School: Monaseed (roll number 15937)

Location:
Monaseed, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Nioclás Ó Diomasaigh
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  1. Besides dancing, there are many games played in this locality on Halloween night. The principal of those are diving for apples and fortune telling. A tub full of apples, water is placed on the floor, and a few apples are put floating on top of it. A few children whose hands are tied behind their backs, kneel around the tub and each one endeavours to take up an apple with his mouth. This is a very difficult task, and one which causes great fun. Then three saucers are place don the table, one of which con-tains clay, another water, and the other a ring. A boy is blind folded and led to the table. He puts his hand on one of the saucers. If he puts his hand on the saucer which contains the ring he will be married soon. If he puts his hand in
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Pat Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Craan Lower, Co. Wexford