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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0198, Page 532

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    It is the usual custom on Hallowe'en for the people to play many tricks such as ducking for an apple in a tub of water or putting a blindfold on yourself and hanging an apple on a string from the roof and trying to get a bite out of it.
    The twelve days of Christmas are supposed to represent the twelve months of the year. If the twelve (months) days of Christmas are wet the year will be a bad one.
    If it rains on St. Swithen's Day it is supposed to rain for forty days.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Florrie Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonaghmore, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Thady Maguire
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Cloonaghmore, Co. Leitrim