School: Cor na Muclach (roll number 14470)
- Location:
- Cornamucklagh North, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Annie Ryan
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- In olden times there were many customs connected with Halloween which have now died out.
One of these consisted of sweeping the floor clean, especially the hearth, before going to bed. On November morning the people of the house used to examine the floor carefully for a footstep. If the supposed footstep was pointing towards the fire it meant a coming marriage in the family, if the footstep was pointing towards(continues on next page)