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School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)

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Kanturk, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Caoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0354, Page 122

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    baked and thrown at the door to keep out the hunger. On Shrove Tuesday the bachelors and old maids were taken out to get a dip in the river. All the children were kept inside from the fairies on May Day and also the people would get up early and wash their feet in the dew.
    Chalk Sunday was the Sunday after Ash Wednesday. The boys used to chalk bachelors and old maids because they did not get married.
    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
    Timothy Winters
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Miss Hannan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kanturk, Co. Cork