School: Cloncovid
- Location:
- Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Savage
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- (continued from previous page)Easter Sunday. "The sun is supposed to dance when rising.
The children in Cavan eat their "cludóg" that evening - It is an open air feast - the main item of the meenu being eggs.
May Eve: The people stew flowers before their doors in honour of the fairies.
May Day The beliefs in connection with Hansel Monday holds good here too.
26th July. The Gooseberry Fair of Bunlahy. If it rains on that day it will rain for forty days.
Hallow Eve: All souls are at liberty. No fruit should be eaten after this day if found growing as the Púca has destroyed them.
Chhristmas Eve. We light up our windows - every one - to show that there is a welcome for way farers in honour of the Holy Family.
