School: Cluain Abhann (roll number 16127)
- Location:
- Cloonown, Co. Roscommon
- Teachers: Seán Ó Riain Máirtín Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0270, Page 180
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- (continued from previous page)to pick a head of cabbage without seeing it. If a person picked out a long crooked one they were said to marry a long crooked husband or wife, and if they picked out a small head of cabbage they were said to marry a small wife or husband. Another trick sometimes played was that of peeling the apple. A girl got a large apple and commenced peeling it with great skill so as to have the skin detached in one long strip. The skin was then thrown over her left shoulder, and lo! when she looked around the skin had formed into the initials of her future husband. Many superstitious beliefs are connected with November eve night. On this night the Pooka a fabulous animal is supposed to roam about the country and carry away any late traveller he would meet. The young children are afraid to go out doors after dark, as they believe in the ghost stories which the old people tell(continues on next page)
