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School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

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Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
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Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 133

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  1. Local Festival Customs (continued)

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    Domhnac Féac Suas
    or Look up Sunday is the first Sunday after Little Christmas Day. It is so called because long ago the girls and women who were intended to marry soon used to spend hours looking up at the sky as they thought by doing so they would see the face of their future husband.
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  2. Churning

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    The churns of today are far different to those of olden times. There were no stands for the old fashioned churns and they had to be placed on a table or seat. The churn was kept in place by tying
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shantullig North, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Moynihan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Shantullig North, Co. Cork