School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
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- (continued from previous page)everything with its left hand and left foot. Once I met a man who called himself "The Boss of the Geancaines". He told me that if I stayed good till the following Tuesday that he would give me one hundred pounds. He also said he would show me a little Geancaine he said he had in his waistcoat pocket.
Phelim O'Reilly,
Virginia
- St. Valentine's Day falls on the 14th February. On that day it was a custom to send comic cards to one another. This custom has died out.
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- Matthias O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- St. Blaise's Day falls on the 3rd February. The people pray to him to protect them from sore(continues on next page)
