School: Cúige (roll number 10773)
- Location:
- An Cúige Láir, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Briain
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- (continued from previous page)without breaking the skin, and throw the skin over his or her shoulder when it makes the initial of the Christian name of his or her future spouse.Another Hallow Een game played by girls is the melting of a lead and pouring the molten material into cold water, when it hardens in pieces of different shapes, as farming utensils, carpenter's tools etc. The girl can tell by the piece she draws out what will be her future husband's trade or profession.An old belief in this district was that if an unmarried person looked into a mirror on that night he or she would see the reflection of his or her future spouse. The same applies to looking into a well or other clear water if the night be bright.
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- Collector
- Maggie Julia Caulfield
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
