School: Clones (Clochar Lughaidh) (roll number 15041)
- Location:
- Clones, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Sr. Máire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0946, Page 450
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- Old Customs
1. the children use to bring a turf to school instead of bringing money for their book.
2. There was a custom that on Easter Sunday the men, women, and children went to Mass in their bare feet and they fasted to twelve o'clock.
3. The people use to "kien" over a dead person at wakes.
4. People use to tie an old shoe to the back of the car in which the wedding party are for luck after their wedding.
5. On St. Stephens night children go around with a wren
6. On the 24 th June a Bon Fire is lighted on every hill.
