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School: Eidhneach

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Inagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Sr Mac Gearachaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0611, Page 250

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    When a person gets a horse shoe on the road they bring it in and hang it over the fire and they put a silver paper around it.When a man buys a horse he gets the rope from the man and he keeps it in a safe place as it is supposed to bring luck.
    On Palm Sunday the palm is blessed and the people bring some of it home and hang it in the sleeping room.The palm that is left over is burned and it is blessed on "Ash Wednesday" and it is rubbed to the people's foreheads and they bring it home.They bring in "holly and ivy and they decorate the place around with it and they leave it there during
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
        1. accessories (~307)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Duggan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs P. Duggan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballybeg, Co. Clare