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School: Arklow Convent

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Arklow, Co. Wicklow
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Sr. Brendan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0923, Page 238

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    Hallow Eve
    Hallow Eve is a time when all the children enjoy themselves.
    The night before Hallow Eve the children go around knock all the doors and then the people know that the children will be there the following night and that they should get in their nuts.
    On Hallow Eve they go to the same houses dressed up and get their nuts and then they sing songs for them especially Irish songs.
    After all the visiting they come home and they have a great bog "bobbing". They have a big tub of water full of nuts and apples and coconuts. Then they shut their eyes and dive into the tub and get whatever comes to them.
    There is also a threepenny bit in one of the apples so whoever gets the lucky one keeps it.
    Mary Clancy
    58 Lr. Main St.
    Arklow
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Clancy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lower Main Street, Co. Wicklow