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School: Mercy Convent, Rathangan

Location:
Ráth Iomgháin, Co. Chill Dara
Teacher:
Sr. M. Pádraig
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    dress up in old tattered clothes, and vizards, and go around frightening the people. They also take gates, and leave them down beside the river, and such places. When they think that the people are in bed, they let off rockets and fireworks, in order to arouse them.
    The children and younger people are warned by their grandmothers not to throw out water, on Hallow E'en as it would be an insult to the Holy Souls.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
        1. Oíche Shamhna (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary K. Burke
    Gender
    Female