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

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Miss Annie O' Dwyer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567D, Page 01_004

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  1. Hallow Eve Customs (continued)

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    ceiling and cross two sticks at the bottom of the twine. Then she put an apple on one end of the stick, a potato on another and a piece of soap and a candle on the other two ends.Then she twisted around the sticks and tried to get the apple but sometimes she would bite the soap.
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  2. Hallowe Eve Customs

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    My great-grandaunt told me about how they used to spend Snap-Apple Night. She said that the poor Souls are supposed to be in all the houses on that night and long ago before the people would go to bed they would make
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Richardson
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Lynch
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    90