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Faltia, Co. Roscommon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0273, Page 170

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    you are going to die in that year. On Good Friday the people drink tea without milk or sugar and eat dry bread. On Easter Sunday the eat plenty of eggs. On St. Martin's day the people kill a goose or a cock and spill the blood in the four corners of the house. On Halloween the people dive for money in a tub of water and they hang an apple from the roof. On twelvth night the people light twelve candles or rushes and whose ever candle dies first that person will die first in the house.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Criss Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cornaveagh, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Frank Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cornaveagh, Co. Roscommon