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School: Páirc Íseal (C.) (roll number 4794)

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Lowpark, Co. Mayo
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Sorcha Ní Dhumhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 158

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  3. XML “May Day”
  4. XML “Ash Wednesday”
  5. XML “Smut Sunday”
  6. XML “Holy Thursday”

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  1. May Day (continued)

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  2. Ash Wednesday

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    Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and there is Ashes put on the people's foreheads. A grain of salt is thrown on each boy and girl during shrove to preserve them for another year.
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  3. Smut Sunday

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    The girls who did not get married during shrove were supposed to have a "smut" or cross looking face on them, and that is why it is "called "smut" Sunday. A fist of salt was thrown on those girls to preserve them for another year
    (This was done on Ash Wednesday)
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