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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

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Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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    Festival Customs
    Easter is the greatest feast of the Church in the year, because on that day our Lord rose himself from the dead. On that morning the people ate a lot of eggs because they were fasting from them for Lent.
    Christmas is the next greatest feast of the year. On Christmas Eve the people have lighted candles on the windows and they have the houses decorated with holly and ivy.
    Shrove Tuesday people make pancakes and put a ring in their
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jane Gately
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cronin, Co. Roscommon