School: Ballinacliffy
- Location:
- Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)the best as he could throw the heavy weight the farthest. They also practised holding a weight up over their heads in their hight hands. The man who could do this the greatest number of times won.
- Everybody kills a hen the night before Saint Martins day. They say that if you don't kill a hen for Saint Martin you wont have any luck with your hens.
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“Girls go out on Hallow Eve night and pull a stalk of cabbage of which the head is cut off without looking at it...”
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