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School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)

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Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 133

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    were fined twenty pounds and after that the farmers found out the real thing.
    Young girls who wanted to become beautiful used to go out early on the first of May and wash their faces with the dew. This was supposed to keep them beautiful for the year. This custom was soon stopped for it did not make the girls beautiful at all.
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