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School: Athboy (C.)

Location:
Athboy, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Bríghid, Bean Uí Mhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 067

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    are previously stamped with the name of each person.
    On May day flowers are strewn on the doorsteps to welcome Summer.
    On the twenty-ninth of June bonfires are lighted. On Hallow Eve nuts, apples and barn brack are eaten. On Christmas Eve holly and ivy are hung on walls and pictures to decorate the house. On Christmas Day turkey and plum pudding is eaten.
    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
    Bernadette Mc Hale
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Martinstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    J. Mc Connell
    Address
    Martinstown, Co. Meath