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    it. On Good Friday the people sow the first potatoes because it is a lucky day.
    The people eat more eggs on Easter Sunday than any other time of the year. On Saint Martin's night the people kill a cock and sprinkle the blood in the four corners of the house. On twelfth day the people light twelve candles, whosever dies first will die first.
    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
    Patrick Finn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tully, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Finn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Tully, Co. Roscommon