are made and at Hallow een apple tarts are made.

for Hallow'een with a ring in it and it is said if you get the ring you will be married by that time next year. Everyone makes apple cakes for Hallow'een and put a threepenny bit and a button, and a ring in it, and it is believed whoever gets the ring will be by that time next year, and whoever gets the button will be the old batchelor, and whoever gets the three penny bit will be an old maid. Everyone always make "Ball Cannon" for Hallow'een to fulfill teh old custom. They mix up all the vegetables up together and boil them.

On Hallow'een night I heard from an old man this story of a Hallow'een night many years ago. A certain farmers daughter on this night took a lantern and went out to pull a head of cabbage and make a wish. After she had done this, and was turning around to go to her home, she saw in front of her a figure cloathed in white. The girl was so frightened by this strange appearance that

Colcannon or sthelk was a favourite dish on Hallow Een night. Boxty was also favoured on this occasion. Nuts were everywhere in evidence on this night - they were [burned?] eaten etc. Before bought nuts or shop nuts became common the children used to gather hazel nuts in October and store them away that they might be dry and ripe for Hallow Een night. Apples were also much in evidence.

on sweets, chocolates and lemonade.
On Hallow'een night every one is requested to leave a plate of calcannon on the window sill of their kitchen for the pooka. No one is supposed to be out late on Hallow'een night.
All garden fruits must be picked before Hallow'een night. If this is not done the pooka will mark them and the fruits cannot be eaten.

Local Festival CustomsThere are not many old customs attached to feasts in this district.On Hallow-een Night there are special games played and special foods eaten. People eat nuts and apples on Hallow-een Night. People have a barm-brack for Hallow-een and there is usually a ring in the brack. It is said that the person that gets the ring will be the first in the house to be married.Children play games on Hallow-een night that they do not play at any other time of the year. An apple is hung by a cord from the ceiling. A child is blindfolded and asked to try and take a bit out of the apple. Sometimes a candle or a piece of soap is hung up with the apple and if the person takes a bit out of either of these it is not very nice (to take a bite out of either of these) for they have a very bitter taste.Another game played on that night is: an apple or a sixpence is put in a basin of water and each person in turn trys to lift either of them up in his mouth.There are some old beliefs attached

and the person that gets the piece in which the ring is, is supposed to be married before hallow'een would come again.

The eve of all saints a Hallow Een is one of the most enjoyable nights we spend in the year. It falls on the 31st of October. Many tricks are played on this night by the boys. They go around hiding gates and carts. The people in the houses play many funny tricks, also, ducking in a tub full of water for a sixpenny bit, for an apple also, and trying to get the ring in the brack. it is said who ever gets the ring in the brack, will be married before the next Hallow Een. Stories about fairies and leprecauns are told by the old people on this night. It is

on Hallow'een and pan-cakes on Shrove Tuesday, Nogons were used before cups came in fashon.

There is a fort in my father's field where a lot of gold is supposed to be hidden. A Chief lived in this fort long ago. There is a lot of bushes growing around the fort now. Every Hallow'een, a light it to be seen glimmering through the bushes. A man in the neighbourhood waited at the fort one Hallow'een to see could he see the light. At twelve o'clock, he saw the light and heard something tapping a few yards away from him. He saw a little red man after a while making a shoe. The man approached the fairy and caught him by the back of the neck. The fairy began to shout very hard but the man would not let him go until he told him where the crock of gold was. The fairy told him he would get a

Hallow'een comes once a year. On that night the people have a simple feast, with apples, nuts and apple cakes and pies. It is on the last night of October and on that night the fairies are said to be about. The children have much fun on Hallow'een night. Some put on false faces and go to their neighbour's houses and beg pennies. Such people are called "Mummers." Others get a tub of water and put a sixpence in it and dive down and who ever gets it can keep it. Another common trick is to tie an apple to the ceiling, spin it round, put their hands behind their back and try to catch it in their mouth. They also fill a tub of water and put some apples into it and throw a fork in and see how many would they get. The men too enjoy themselves stealing other peoples carts, cart wheels, ladders and gates, and throwing them where the owner will have some trouble

Another custom is the catching of the Bracken Seed. According to "leger domain" on Hallow'een night if you take your departure to a fort where firrs grow bringing with you six copper plates at the hour of twelve o'clock on Hallow'een night the seed of the bracken falls and you try to catch six plates of the seed you would be supposed to turn anything you put your hands on into money. But you have got to do this in the devils name. If the wind changes when you are doing this trick you are supposed to go out of your mind. In some places this practice is still carried on.

In the old barracks now where Mr. Cassidy has his public house there was a green lady. This Green Lady was supposed to be a soldiers wife. She always wore green and everyone said that colour was unlucky to wear. Years ago she lived there with her husband and other soldiers. One “Hallow Een” she had everything green on her. The soldiers were drunk and fighting amongst each other. The green Lady was at the top of the stairs and suddenly a soldier pushed her and she fell to the bottom of the stairs with a shriek and broke her neck. Since that every Hallow Een night the same thing happens as if it were the first night in the Barracks.

Hallow'een
On Hallow'een night it is the custom for young and old to play many games. This night is called snap apple night and for the following reason. A cord is suspended from the ceiling with a wooden cross attached. To two of the arms of this cross apples are fixed and to the other two short bits of candles are fixed. The candles are lighted and the cross is set spinning around. Each person in turn makes a snap at the apples but very often only succeeds in catching the lighted candle to the great amusement of all the others. Again a tub full of water is placed in the middle of the kitchen and an apple is put floating in it. Each person in turn tries to catch the apple in his mouth but he must keep his hands behind his back while doing so.

The old people firmly believed that the "good people" were abroad on this night. They used to leave remnants of Hallow 'Een supper on kitchen table in order to placate the fairies. The late Johnny Connolly of the Annies used to say that he caught a fairy on the crockawn ( a small height in a "bottom" or marsh). He seized it and kept it in a room in his house for three weeks. He caught it on Hallow Een night. The fairy was a small little man with a red peaked cap. He got out of Johnny's clutches by a trick.
The old people would never throw out water on

Hallow Een night in case some dead relations might be hovering around and it might be thrown on them. The hearth was specially swept and the kitchen was specially tidied for the "good people."
No haws or wild berries were to be eaten after Hallow 'Een night because on that night the fairies were supposed to go round and spit on them.
The old people, like old Pat Maquinn of Annies alt. used to say that the fairies changed their place of residence on that night going from one fort to another. People were unwilling to stay late on their ceilidhe on that night in case they would cross the fairies path on their way home.
9. A girl who wanted to find out who her future husband was to be would wash a shirt and put it on the back of a chair before the fire today. At midnight her future husband was supposed to come along and turn the shirt to get the other side of it dried.

Hallow'een is always on the last night of October, It is the vigil of all Saints, Children enjoy it very much because they have great fun. They play many games such as diving for an apple or cracking nuts in the fire. Young boys go about with false faces on them to the neighbours houses. Though they may not know of their coming still they enjoy their old Irish dances and comic songs. These young men are called "Mummers", the baker makes cakes and puts currants and also a ring in them and the grown up boys and girls watch to see who will get the ring. Lads in the town enjoy themselves shooting crackers and firing squibs. Hallow'een is a feast of simple things - nuts and apples - the best fruits of Autumn, In the country young men carry off gates and leave them at a cross road or in some public place. They also tie doors of peoples' houses and if the windows are small it is impossible for the people to get out ountil some neighbour comes and opens the door for them, On Holy Souls' night the people put on a good big fire and leave some food for the holy souls and chairs around the fire for them to sit on.

Hallow'een comes every year on the eve of the feast of all saints. the people in this country celebrate it by having a great feast and playing tricks The children eat a lot of apples, cakes, sweets, apples cakes, They also burn nuts on the bars of the grates. Some people put a coin or an apple in a tub of water and try to lift it in their teeth without touching it with the hand, or tie an apple on a string hanging from the ceiling and catch it with the mouth when their hands are tied behind their backs.
The grown up people go out at night (at night) and tie doors, carry gates away and leave them at neighbours' houses and sometimes take a donkey or cart, or take a wheel off a cart and hide it. Many a time people are searching for days to until their things all collected again. Hallow'een comes this year on Sunday and the next day being the feast of All Saints and it will be a school holiday The following day is the feast of all souls and three

People generally have a feast on Hallow-een. They make boxty and fancy cakes. They people play alot of tricks on Hallow-een. Long ago people would pull yarrow at night and put it under their pillow and sleep on it. They would see in a dream them they would be married to.
There was a girl that lived in a house. She went out to the barn to riddle oats. The man of the house that she lived in as she thought took the riddle out of her hand and started to riddle the oats. She went into the house to see if he was in the house, because she thought the was

chicken or a hen is killed and the blood is spilled on the doorpost in honour of St. Martin.Hallow'een.On Hallow'een a lot of apples are eaten and nuts are roasted and eaten. There is usually great sport in every house on that night. Ghosts and spirits are supposed to be seen on Hallow'een and few people venture out at midnight.Christmas Eve.On Christmas Eve a big candle is lighted and put on the window. This is done to show that the Blessed Virgin and Saint Joseph would not be refused shelter if they came to the house. The children hang up their stockings on the fire-irons. They believe that Santa Claus comes and puts presents into them.Christmas Day.On Christmas Day it is a custom to have a a roasted turkey or a goose for dinner. A candle is lighted on that night also.St Stephen's Day.St Stephen's Day is a great festival day in this parish. Boys dress up in