School: Cliffoney (B.) (roll number 13882)

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1. Weather-Lore (continued)

   

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   a Catholic is dying, a lighted (blessed) candle is kept in his or her hand. Each family takes a certain number of candles (containing a certain percentage of fine beeswax- 65% I think) to the local Church in the morning. One candle is only taken home, as the remainder are given as an offering and taken possession of by the Parish Priest. Whenever a violent storm accompanied by thunder and lightning is raging or whenever there is "big wind" and people are nervous a blessed candle is lighted and kept burning until the danger passes away.

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2. St Patrick's Day

   

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   The Feast of the National Apostle is nowadays celebrated in a very becoming religious manner in the Parish of Ahamlish, and altogether different from what it was forty or even thirty years ago. The shamrock is worn by men

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