School: Scoil an Churnánaigh, Caisleán Nua Thiar
- Location:
- Newcastle, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Pr. Ó Fionnmhacháin
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0488, Page 252](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0488%2FCBES_0488_252.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0488, Page 252
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Novembers Eve
In my district there are many customs carried on such as snap-apple, finding the threepenny bit, burning the beans, and seeing your future husband or wife.
Snap-apple is played by tying an apple to a piece of cord and let it hang down from the ceiling. Then each player get their turn to bite the apple, each player gets one minute in turn. All the players' hands are tied behind their backs while they are trying to bite the apple.
When that game is over a threepenny bit is put(continues on next page)- Collector
- James Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glendiheen, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Tim Aherne
- Gender
- Male