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1. Festival Customs (continued)

   

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   up with last year's palm 1 over each door of the dwelling and out-houses.

   Candlmas Day "bright and clear bring two winters in one year." All old blessed candles not used during the year are left over and burned with old palm when the new is brought home on Palm Sunday.

   Shrove Tuesday - Pancakes are made and are rolled up. Various articles are put in pieces of paper and rolled in e.g. a button, a thimble, a piece of an eggshell. A person getting the button will marry a tailor (or dressmaker). Thimble - will be an old maid. The proper milk to be used for pancakes is "beastings" or first milk of newly calved cow. It was considered a sign of good luck and prosperity to have "beastings" for Shrove Pancakes.

   First Sunday of Lent - Smutty Sunday. All marriageable girls who were not "asked" before Shrove Tuesday went to Mass on first Sunday of Lent in very bad humour, hence name.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rosaleen Johnston

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Informant

   Mary Callaghan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   79

   Address

   Drumliff, Co. Cavan