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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 292

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    Hallow Eve is a festival which occurs on the last day of Autumn that is on the thirty first of October. On that day or evening people play games and all sorts of funny tricks. An imaginary animal called the "Pooka", which is supposed to race through space as quick as lightning is out that night.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Newman
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Longford