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School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)

Location:
Ráth Chairn, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 257

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    new. Ring happy bells across the snow. The year is dying - let him die. The year is going, let him go." On Christmas Day the people light big candles on the windows as an Irish Custom. On Good Friday the people go to the Church in the morning, and at three o'clock, and in the night and make the Stations of the Cross. The custom of Easter Saturday is this: the people get an egg on Good Friday and put a mark on it. On Easter Saturday they eat it. The children go around Easter Week from house to house gathering eggs. Sometimes they eat them and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    B. Cusack
    Informant
    Mrs Cusack
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 45
    Address
    Baile Mhistéil, Co. Meath