School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Conaire
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- (continued from previous page)was marked on Good Friday, before the sun would dance on Easter Sunday morning. On Good Friday there was an egg marked with soot for each of the family. The egg should be layed on Good Friday and marked by putting the thumb on the pot crooks, and rubbing it on the egg.
On Ash Wednesday the custom was to pin a little paper bag of ashes on old bachelor's coat without his knowledge and tear one corner of the bag, so that every step he'd give the ashes would spill down his legs. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- C. Corcoran
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Galvin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kippinduff, Co. Westmeath