School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)
- Location:
- Buckode, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Muiris Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 229
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- Hallow e' en
On the thirty first of October a great feast is held in every house. A week before that night the man and woman of the house go to the nearest town and buy apples, nuts and many other things. About eight o'clock on Hallow eve night the supper is got ready. First of all the woman of the house makes a pancake. She puts a ring into it and it is said that "the person who gets that ring is the first to be married in that house. After that, games are played(continues on next page)
