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School: Béal an Átha Móir (B.)

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Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0225, Page 396

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    The festival of Hallowe'en falls on the last day of October. It is and was a custom to eat nuts, apples and pudding on that night.
    Many games are played. Apples are put in a basin of water. Children duck for them and whoever gets one keeps it. This game is not as easy as one would think. An apple is hung upon a ceiling and who ever bites it the most times keeps it.
    This is well known as ''snap-apple.''
    Of course half of the fun of Hallowe'en consists of customs. Children cut moons and stars from silver paper and sew them on a
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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Padraig Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim