School: Rathmore, Tullow

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

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0910, Page 092

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  2. XML Page 092
  3. XML “St Brighid's Day”
  4. XML “St Patrick's Day”
  5. XML “Halloween”

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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Patrick (~140)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gretta Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Straboe, Co. Carlow
  2. 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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