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School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)

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Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Úna Nic Coluin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0434, Page 165

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    have hanging upon doors baskets of flowers which the children would pick.
    Long ago the young girls of the place would go out early in May Day morning looking for snails: if they would get them they would take them home and put them in a plate of flour - the snails in crawling would write the name of their future husbands.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Caitlín Ní Dhúbhdha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Laharan, Co. Kerry