School: Cluain Róiste (roll number 6959)

Location:
Cluain an Róistigh, Co. Loch Garman
Teacher:
Pádraig S. Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0899, Page 245

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  1. On Hallowe'en it is a custom in every house to have sport feasting and fun on that night
    In nearly every colcannon is made and is eaten on Hallowe'en for the dinner
    Fionn and his followers were fighting from the first day May to the last day October and when they came home they had fun and feasting and the custom is still kept up
    Every Hallowe'en my mother makes a brack and she puts a ring into it, and who ever gets the ring the he is said to get married
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
        1. Oíche Shamhna (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tadhg Ó Maolthuille
    Gender
    Male