School: The Vale (An Gleann)
- Location:
- Leiter, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Brolcháin
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- The bells in the churches are rung to welcome the new year. Three candles are lit in every window of the houses in the district up to twelve at night to welcome the new year. The local band plays the old year out and the new year in. The people go out at midnight to see what way is the wind blowing and if it's a south wind the Irish will have good luck the whole year, and if it's an east wind the English will have good luck. If you give any money away on New Year's day you give away the luck with it.