School: Creewood (roll number 5331)
- Location:
- Creewood, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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- (continued from previous page)a lighted stick is thrown into every tilled field.Hallow Eve:On Hallow Eve an apple is hung from the ceiling. It is kept moving always and the hands of those who are trying to get a bite of it are tied behind their backs. Whosoever gets the first bite will get the whole apple. Three plates are put on a table, clay on one water on the second and a ring on the third. The persons playing are blindfolded and each is asked to put his hand on one of the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ellen Field
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Creewood, Co. Meath