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School: Portlaoighse (Convent) (roll number 13386)

Location:
Port Laoise, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Sr Treasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 084

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    Frocken Sunday falls on the third Sunday of July, and all the children go out with baskets, to the woods, to gather frockens. All children love them.
    St. Swithin's day is the fifteenth of July, and people say, if it rains on that day it will rain for forty days.
    The first Monday of the year, is called Hansel Monday, and if a person gets money on that day he will be getting money all the year.
    Shrove Tuesday is always the day before Ash Wednesday. In every house pancakes are eaten on that day, and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Ellen Twomey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mr P. Twomey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Laois