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School: Meelick (roll number 14592)

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Meelick, Co. Roscommon
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Gearóid Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 355

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    next morning will (also) be the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the person who pulled the cabbage. The feast of St. Martin is honoured by spilling blood at the four corners of the house, and Xmas by decorating the house with evergreens and by placing lighted candles in the windows.
    Mollie Ganly.
    Cloonmaul.
    Collected from:-
    Martin Ganly.
    Cloonmaul.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mollie Ganly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonmaul, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Martin Ganly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonmaul, Co. Roscommon