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Lisball, Co. Cavan
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S. O' Doherty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 166

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  1. Halloweve Customs

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    Halloweve is a very big festival. It falls on the 31stt of October. The reason is because it is the evening before All Saints Day. Long ago the young fellows would go about tying doors and hiding gates and putting Cayenne pepper in on the key holes of the door.
    Small boys have lots of sport on Halloweve night also. They get a tub of water and they put an apple into it. Then they try to catch the apple in the water with their mouth. We get nuts and apples on Halloweve night.
    There are nice cakes
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Leonard Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bracklin, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr J. Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bracklin, Co. Cavan