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School: Kilcullen (B.)

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Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 09_001

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  1. The Customs of Halloween (continued)

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    Those are some of the customs that were done about 45 years ago.
    The boys would take the wheels off one man's cart and put them on some one elses. The first house they would come to they would take the door off and put it on top of some one else's chimney. They would also take gates and any thing else they could lay hands on. If any one had white cabbage they would take it and put a head on top of a post or a pump and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig De Núinnseáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    James Nugent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kildare