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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 493

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    they all sit down and they eat and drink their fill. When the tea is over they got for a walk through the fields. When night is drawing near they return home after spending a happy day.
    On Palm Sunday the last Sunday of Lent the last Sunday of Lent Palms are blessed before Mass and given to the people to carry them in prosession. During the Mass the mission according to Saint Matthew is read, and all hold the Palms in their hands.
    Corpus Christi fell on the sixteenth of June this year, On that day there was a beautiful procession. Before the Blessed Sacrament there
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    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