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Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs B. Farrelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 490

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    plaited around them. The children used to wear the crosses, and people used to tie them over the door in their houses for luck.
    On Shrove Tuesday people make pancakes and it is called pancake Tuesday.
    On Ash Wednesday people get ashes on their forehead and it is on that day people begin to fast for lent.
    It is said that if a hen laid an egg on Good Friday the egg would remain fresh for the rest of the year.
    On Hallow Eve night people make blacks and they put rings in them. The children duck in tubs of water for apples.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Madge Hanratty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Frank Sheridan
    Gender
    Male