School: Tullycasson
- Location:
- Ardvagh, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: (ní thugtar ainm)
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- XML “Smut Sunday”
- XML “Shrove Tuesday”
- XML “Ash Wednesday”
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- Long ago the first Sunday of Lent was called Smutt-Sunday. This is because any person who would not get married before Lent would wear a smutt the first Sunday of Lent. The grown up boys generally recited verses such as-: "When Shrove comes again, I will do my level best, to get a nice little girl in a low neck dress".
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- Collector
- Mary M. Mc Grath
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullynacross, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Edward Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moneensauran, Co. an Chabháin
- The old people had great belief in drinking black tea on Ash Wednesday. They would not eat any food of any kind that day. They also kept Lent on some thing that they were in the habit of taking.(continues on next page)