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School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)

Location:
Monadarragh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 495

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    "It is a custom on Shrove Tuesday to make pancakes and eat them for your supper that night".
    "It is a custom on St Brigid's day to make crosses and sew them into your coat."
    It is the custom on Good Friday to gather eggs and mark "Good Friday's eggs" on them and if you mark Good Friday's eggs on them" (and eat them on Easter Sunday? "you will have no disease during the year".
    It is the custom on Hallow E'en to get apples and put them into a tub and put water on them and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Nugent
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Nugent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    39
    Address
    Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford