School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)
- Location:
- Mainistir na Búille, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Sr. M. Columbanus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 114
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Halloween Customs (continued)
“Two thousand years ago, when the land was still pagan, this was supposed to be the night when the dead, especially the evil and the wicked, were called back by the god of death.”
(continued from previous page)on which, though the festivities were popularly retained, the Church fasted in preparation for the feast of All Saints and All Souls. Colcannon is made, for that is one of the essential dishes of the day. The other eatable that must no more be missed on that night, the pancakes on Shrove Tuesday is a barm brack with a ring in it. Who ever gets the ring will be married, of course, before the year is out if they are not married already. Another indispensable on on Hallowe'en night was a really good fire that was fit to roast apples and potatoes and pop nuts and had lots of griosach under it that would serve to tell fortunes. If the fire was good it would be proper light for story telling and all the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maeve Turbitt
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Tearmann, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- Mr Scanlon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mainistir na Búille, Co. Ros Comáin