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School: Beglieve

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Beglieve, Co. Cavan
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Brigid Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 099

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  1. Halloween Customs

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    People generally have a feast on Hallow-een. They make boxty and fancy cakes. They people play alot of tricks on Hallow-een. Long ago people would pull yarrow at night and put it under their pillow and sleep on it. They would see in a dream them they would be married to.
    There was a girl that lived in a house. She went out to the barn to riddle oats. The man of the house that she lived in as she thought took the riddle out of her hand and started to riddle the oats. She went into the house to see if he was in the house, because she thought the was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Connelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Blackstep, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Thomas Connelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Blackstep, Co. Cavan