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School: Ballinacliffy

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Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 240

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  3. XML “Weight-Throwing”
  4. XML “Saint Martin”
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  1. Weight-Throwing (continued)

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    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.
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  2. Saint Martin

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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Martin (~177)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pat Rushe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Tonagh, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Rushe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    44
    Address
    Tonagh, Co. Westmeath

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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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    Girls go out on Hallow Eve night and pull a stalk of a cabbage of which the head is cut
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