School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach
- Location:
- Coillte Mach, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 210
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- (continued from previous page)the cabbage heads from the ground, carried them away from the gardens, and for the sake of amusement they smashed the heads on the public highway.
The following lines is a sample of the kind of poetry used at those hallowe'en parties.
Thus'-
To dream of the living and [?]
of the dead
To dream of the young man who
will be married to [?]
and in his every day clothes [?]
wish him to see
Three vessels are placed on the table, a vessel of clean water, one of dirty water, and one of clay. A boy is blindfolded by(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Mulhern
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coillte Mach, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- James O' Regan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coillte Mach, Co. Mhaigh Eo
