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School: Rathmore, Tullow

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Rathmore, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chonchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0910, Page 092

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  3. XML “St Brighid's Day”
  4. XML “St Patrick's Day”
  5. XML “Halloween”

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  1. St Brighid's Day (continued)

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  2. St Patrick's Day

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    St Patrick's Day falls on the 17th of March. We wear a shamrock or a broach or a ribbon on that day. St Patrick's Day is a great Feast Day. It is a Holiday of obligation. There is no work done on that day. We go to Mass on that day. In years gone by St Patrick's Day used to be a great day for sport and dancing. There are conserts and plays on that night. Some people get married on that day. Long ago most of the Irishmen got drunk on that day, and they thought by so doing that they were honouring St Patrick
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  3. Halloween

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    The Feast of Hollow'en falls on the 31st of October. We have great sport on that night. Boys and girls dress up and go around "Juggying" from house to house and getting money. They go to a certain house at midnight and they dance there all night. We put a tub of water on the floor and we dive for a sixpence or a apple. We hang a apple from the ceiling. We try to bit it without
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