School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)

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   the bush with twine.
   Then the bush is put standing in front of the house in (front) the hedge overlooking the road so that it can be noticed by passers by. They May Bush is then complete.
   Richard Mulready.

   

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   On Easter Sunday morning we get up early about six o'clock to see the sun dancing. It is said that it dances when rising on account of the Resurrection of Our Lord. Another custom is at breakfast to eat more eggs than usual. The children have great fun trying to eat more eggs than one another. In my district the boys dress themselves in old clothes and go out ban-

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