School: Ballinacliffy
- Location:
- Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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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...”
(continued from previous page)off without looking at it. If the stalk is straight they will get a straight man, If the stalk is crooked they will get a stout, short man.- On Christmas night in every persons house there is a candle lit in every window. It is said that the youngest child in the house is supposed to light the candle. The old people long ago used to leave the door of the house open to let in the Infant Jesus and his Mother Children hang up their stockings beside the fire on the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Rushe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Informant
- Mrs Rushe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Tonagh, Co. Westmeath