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School: Lenamore, Rathowen (roll number 5115)

Location:
Lenamore, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Brian Mac Tomas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 134

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  1. Patron Day in Legan (continued)

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    Every parish in Ireland has it's own Patron Saint. The patron Saint of Legan is the Blessed Virgin. And on the eight of September the feast of her Nativity is kept. In olden times after last Mass being over - there would be stalls outside at that time called standings where the children bought sweets, biscuits, oranges also apples in abundance.
    But the men did not relish those things they had stalls for themselves called tents where they sold lemonade - only it was a bit stronger and it made them very noisy and quarrelsome. Which I think was
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Flood
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lissawarriff, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Andrew Flood
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lissawarriff, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Peter Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Agharra, Co. Longford