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Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Anna Seabrooke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 507

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    children made "Easter houses" outside and they boiled eggs, and ate them out side. They used to eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, and colcannon was eaten at Hallow E'en. This custom is kept up still in this locality.
    Violet Seabrooke.
    Material obtained from : -
    Mrs. Drought,
    Ballybrack,
    Hacketstown,
    Co. Carlow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Violet Seabrooke
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Drought
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballybrack More, Co. Wicklow