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School: Sruthán an Aifrinn (roll number 13982)

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Massbrook Lower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhóráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 425

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    being rich during life. The person that gets the piece with the stick in it will marry a man with a wooden leg.
    Then they get three saucers and they put a ring in one saucer clay in the other and water in the third. Then they put a clouth on some persons eyes. If he puts his hand into the saucer with the ring in it he will be the first to be married.
    If he puts his hand into the saucer with the clay in it he will die soon. If he puts his hands into the saucer with the water in it he will cross the water to a foreign land.
    On Novembers night the young people bring’s [sic] in cabbage and hang it up on the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellie Finnerty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Massbrook Lower, Co. Mayo