School: Rathcoffey, Donadea (roll number 6174)

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1. Festival Customs (continued)

   

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   Novembers Eve. Boys dress up in false faces and disguise themselves and go from house to house collecting mone. In this district they are called "pookas". They usually buy apples and sweets with the collected money. Then they assemble in a neigbours house where diving for apples takes place. Saucers containing clay, water and a ring are left on the table. Each member of the household is led to the table blindfolded. If he or she puts his hand on saucer containing ring it denotes early marriage:if in saucer containing clay, it denotes early death and in saucer containing water the person will have to cross the sea to earn his living.
   Another game: 2 nuts are placed on grate and named after a pair of lovers. If one ogoes off before the other, the pair will sever friendship, while if both go off together it denotes that a happy marriage will follow.
   Old Sayings:- If a person meets 2 red-haired people on the eve of shrove, they bring bad luck and that person cannot get the ring in

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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Molly Reilly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Painestown, Co. Kildare