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School: Errill, Ballybrophy (roll number 928)

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Errill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 321

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    when people get the palm they should take three sprigs off it, and chew it, and they will never have a pain for the following year if they believed in it, but very few people do that around here.
    At Christmas Holly is always put around every house, and it is an old custom which is kept up every Christmas.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Tomás Ó Beacáin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    37
    Occupation
    Oibrí
    Address
    Ballagharahin, Co. Laois