School: Cooley
- Location:
- Cooly, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Beoláin
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- In olden times every Halloweve night the people used to put salt and oatmeal on the heads in the form of a cross after sunset. They believed that this would keep away the fairies. Another thing they used to do was when they were ready to go to bed(continues on next page)