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School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

Location:
Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
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  1. Easter Sunday

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    The children have a competition on that day seeing who will eat the most eggs. We eat a lot of chocolate eggs too.
    It is said that the sun dances with joy on Easter Sunday morning at about five o'clock.
    May Day.
    May day is the first day of Summer. Everyone likes to be alive on that day especially the old people.
    We have no customs on that day to wash our faces in the dew. We also change cattle and sheep from one field to another. We usually
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Easter (~163)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Angela O' Donohoe
    Gender
    Female