School: Páirc Íseal (C.) (roll number 4794)
- Location:
- Lowpark, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Sorcha Ní Dhumhnaigh
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- (continued from previous page)The following is a familiar rhyme the old people had:-
"Nine nights from November Night,And a night without counting,From the night of the cabbage,To the night of the Slaughter.
If people had nothing to kill they would cut the ear of a cow or cut one of their fingers.
- A Boxty cake was made in every house with a ring in it. After dividing the cake and eating it, the youngsters went "ducking" in a tub of water for apples. Then they roasted nuts on the hot hearth. Two nuts were placed on the hot hearth named after a certain boy and girl who were friendly. If the nuts hopped towards each other, the pair got married, but, if they hopped away from each other, it indicated "nothing doing?
A cross was hung from the ceiling, and an apple and a lighted candle are put on each alternate point of the cross. The cross is set in motion, and the children, with(continues on next page)
