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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

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Callainn, Co. Chill Chainnigh
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An Mháthair M. Síle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 359

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    It was an old custom with the people of Callan that if they looked at the mirror, at 12 o'clock on Hallow Eve night, with the lights of a candle and the person, whether man or woman, would see their future husband or wife, and it was also a custom, at the sunset, to have all the children to dance around the May bush, and sing, then to pluck which ever bit of May they would grip blind-folded and to keep it till next May day for a lucky charm.
    It was also a custom to burn old rags, and wood in the evening and to gather a
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Liathán
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Na Bánta Buí, Co. Chill Chainnigh
    Informant
    Pat Donovan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 80
    Address
    Callainn, Co. Chill Chainnigh