School: Hackettstown (2)
- Location:
- Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Anna Seabrooke
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They will not lend anything belonging to a churn as they say they would give away the profit on May Day.Easter
The children make little houses outside and boil eggs in them.
Poor children go around a couple of days before Easter and gather Easter eggs through the country. Some people buy Easter eggs in the shops. They are made of chocolate with silver paper on them.
People white wash their houses and spring clean their houses for Easter. Boys and girls that are away come home for their Easter Holidays. They get sometimes a week others get a fortnight. People get Easter cards from their friends at Easter.
- Collector
- Violet Seabrooke
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Ellen Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- Over 80
- Address
- Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
