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School: Kilnaleck (B.)

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Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 092

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  1. Halloweve Customs (continued)

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    Another belief was that if a girl combed her hair before a mirror, in a barn with two doors, she would perceive her future husband looking across her shoulder.
    If a person stole a head of cabbage from a neighbour's cabbage-plot and placed it on the back of the door the christian name of the person who who come in first in the morning would be the Christian of the future husband or wife.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Halloweve Customs

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    If you peel an apple with a knife without breaking the skin - so that the skin forms one continuous piece, and throw the skin over your shoulder in the name of the devil you will see on the floor the initials of your future wife or husband formed by the rings and folds and crosses of the skin
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Mary A. Comiskey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan