School: Castlecuffe, Mountmellick (roll number 8749)
- Location:
- Castlecuffe, Co. Laois
- Teacher: J. Devereux
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- Shrove Tuesday is the first Tuesday in March.That night is called "pancake night" and there are many old customs carried out. On that night people make pancakes,and put a ring in the pancake and then they say that whoever gets the ring will get married.They also blow horns at old maids and bachelors.
- Collector
- Betty Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Daly
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female