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School: Kilcullen (B.)

Location:
Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Broin

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 14_010

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the same path each day. The way to catch that hare is, dig a hole on his path and just nicely cover the top with grass, when the hare comes along he falls into the hole where he will be trapped.

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Lore-Days

There is an old custom for getting married which is lucky it is that the bride should sew a couple of stitches in her wedding frock no matter how few it maybe and she will have luck. There is an old rhyme said about getting married on certain days and here it is:

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Collector
Diarmuid Ó Ceallaigh
Gender
male
Address
Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Informant
Miss M. Dowling
Gender
female
Age
20
Address
Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Language
English