School: Clochar na Trócaire, Inis (roll number 7315)
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire Ní Dhomhnalláin
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- (continued from previous page)married during the Shrove but who did not. What they really do is to chalk the backs of anybody they can get near whether he is married or single.
Holy Thursday and Good Friday are given over to religious services. I know of no customs connected with them outside of the religious ones.
On Holy Saturday the Pachal Fire and Holy water are blessed. Some people like to get the Pachal Fire but everybody likes to get the Easter Water. When it is brought it is sprinkled on the house and everyone blesses himself with it and those who have gardens and crops sprinkle it on them. The Lenten feast ends mid-day on Easter Saturday and no body is sorry.
On Easter Sunday the sun is said to dance and if you are up early you may see it. It is a custom to eat more eggs than usual on Easter Sunday and sometimes children (cat to) try to eat more than others and they eat too much. People also like to have something new to wear on Easter Sunday.
I do not know of any customs connected with Whit Sunday and Whit Monday. Whit Monday is a bank holiday and everyone goes to the seaside.
May Day has a lot of customs connected(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Angela Connellan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ennis, Co. Clare
