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School: Banagher (B.)

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Banagher, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Maoilchéire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 376

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    the sea. These are some of the customs of hallow-Eve. Then on Easter Sunday morning it is the custom of the people to eat a good number of eggs and to get early to see the sun dancing. On Saint Stevens day the young men and boys gather together and go around on the breedogue or on the wren. Those who go around are called breedogues. On Saint Martins Eve a cock is killed and the blood scattered behind the door. It is said that there will be no sickness in that house through- out the year. Then on the feast of the Assumption the fifteenth of August it is the custom not to mow. It is said that on that day a man went out to mow and a lady appeared
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James J. Mulhare
    Gender
    Male