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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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    a big blazing fire and place all the chairs around the table and put hot food on the bare table for the Poor Souls. She also said they would leave the door open a little for the Poor Souls to come in and eat the food.
    She told me they used break the whites of eggs into tumblers and draw them into pictures of the future.Another thing she did was to go into a room by herself, lock the door behind her stand and peel an apple in front of a looking-glass and eat the apple and she was supposed
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    History Edit
    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