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School: Mong, Thomastown (roll number 5201)

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Mungmacody, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 049

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    Hollow eve comes on the thirty first of October. Lots of games are played in every house that night. Colcannon is eaten for dinner on that day and a big supper made that night Before this night the woman of the house makes or buys a barm-brack in which she puts a ring, a six pence or a three pence, a thimble, a match, a button and a piece of cloth. At supper time the cake is sliced and the person that gets the ring is the first to be married in the house. The person that gets the money will be rich he that gets the match is the first to die. If a girl gets the button or the thimble will either be a dressmaker or marry a tailor. If a man gets them he will either be a tailor
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Whitty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Whitty
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    46
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Carlow