School: Cluain (C.) (roll number 15443)
- Location:
- Cloone, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bean Uí Sholamháin
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- New Years Eve
In this district new Years Eve is spent in preparation for New Years Day. The house is specially cleaned and all rubbish is thrown out. No ashes or dirty water is left over night in the house so that there will not be any necessity to throw anything out of the house on the first day of the New Year. If anything is kept over such as ashes or rubbish it would be considered very unlucky to let it out of the house until New Years Day is ended.
New Years Day
There is great notice taken of this day in this locality - first people watch for the first visitor that comes to the house. If he or she(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie J. Mitchell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killyfea, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Patrick Mitchell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Killyfea, Co. Leitrim