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School: Morton St. Convent Nat. S. (roll number 12349)

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Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Miss Annie O' Dwyer
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    Hallow Eve Customs
    My mother told me this is how she celebrated Hallow Eve.
    She got lead and melted it over the fire and then dropped it through a hole in a key and into a basin of water. Whatever shape the lead came into was supposed to tell something of the future. Sometimes it turned into a shape like a ship and they said the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ruby Millett
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs M. Millett
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female