School: An Charraig
- Location:
- Carrick, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Tiománaí
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- Boxty bread not discarded but very extensively used.
Potato, washed, peeled, scraped, the fine scrapings mixed with other boiled potatoes, flour, pinch of salt & buttermilk.
"Sowens" Oatmeal steeped in water. Drink taken to workmen in the field.Festivals
Easter Sunday. Feast of eggs.
Children gather on Easter Saturday what they call "clewhogs" i.e. "clúdóg a parcel of Easter Eggs" (Dineen) These are cooked in a fire in the open air on Easter Sunday. They are eaten there while the children sit round the fire.
May Eve. Doorsteps decorated with Primroses.
Shrone Tuesday. Still observed as a feast night (Pancakes used) Apples and nuts on Hallow Eve.
Feast of St Martin. no special observance as in other places
