School: Crossroads (roll number 4143)
- Location:
- Garshooey, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: M. Philips
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1107, Page 26
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- (continued from previous page)year again. The day is locally known as "Pancake" Tuesday.
There is an old belief that any person or animal born on whit Sunday, will have a tragic end.
On May Eve bonfires blaze on the hillsides.
At Stallow Eve some young boys go round the houses and tie cabbage stalks to the doors.
In some houses in the locality it is believed that the dead return to their old homes. A big fire is to their old homes. A big fire is kept blazing for their return, and their relatives leave food for them.
