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School: Kingscourt (B.)

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Kingscourt, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Ml. Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1008, Page 019

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  2. Halloween

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    We celebrate the festival of Hallow e'en on the 31st of October every year. This festival was originally a pagan festival but it was changed to a Christian festival. There are a great many out door and indoor tricks played on that night. Some people tie doors, while others take away gates and hide them, while others again put a barrel of water against a neighbour's door, and when the neighbour opens his door in the morning the barrel of water spills in on the floor. Some people tie
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