School: Clochar na Trócaire, Roscomáin
- Location:
- Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Fionnbharra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0259, Page 317
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- When I asked my grandmother the other day to tell me some of the customs they used practise on Hallow E'en in her young days I was very surprised to find that we practise a lot of the same ones to-day. I was also very glad for I did not think they would be preserved, although a few have not.
Long ago it was the custom for every Irish girl to go to a river at midnight on Hallow E'en and there she would see the face of her future Husband. She would also climb a ladder and there too she would see her future Husband at midnight. She would also melt lead and(continues on next page)
- Informant
- May Mc Guire
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Termonbarry, Co. Roscommon
