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School: Cruach (roll number 15931)

Location:
Croagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1038, Page 85

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    Hallow Eve Customs and Traditions
    (n) Put the letters of the alphabet into a cup of water. The initials of your intended will turn up.
    (o) Ring, threepenny bit and thimble in a cake. Whoever got the ring would be married, but whoever got the threepenny bit would be an old maid. The thimble meant death of the finder.
    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