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School: Robertson (roll number 12276)

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Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
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Liam Ó Morchadh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 180

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    Hallows'Eve. Oaten bread and pounding are made also when a large cake of bread is being made a ring, button, three-penny piece a thimble are put into it. The person who get the ring will be married soon, whoever gets the button will be an old maid or old bachelor, the person who get the 3d will be rich and lastly who-ever get the thimble will be a dressmaker.
    All Souls Night. All the souls night the dead are supposed to rise and a great fire is put on & the doors locked because the souls are said to go into the house for shelter. The ashes are shanken about and in the morning the tracks of the souls feet are to be seen on the ashes.
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