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1. Halloween Customs and Games (continued)

   

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   the ring. The colcannon was eaten in such a hurry, in fact nearly everyone that was eating that colcannon thought they had swallowed it, and didn't no what to say or do. But there was nobody in as bad a way as my grandmother for she thought sure she had lost her wedding-ring, which was considered at that time very unlucky. My grandmother came over to the table and took away the dish and what did she find under the edge of it on the table but the ring! It must have slipped off the dish on to the table when they were eating in such a hurry. There was right fun amongst them all for none of them had got the ring, they were all saying that it had "codded" them

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   History Edit

   Date

   1935

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script