School: St. Anne's (B.)
- Location:
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 114
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- (continued from previous page)Shrove Tuesday which some-times is called "pancake Tuesday," falls on the day before Ash Wednesday.
Every person makes pancakes on this day, and sometimes a mother sends some of her children to a neighbour for the pancake sieve. When he arrives there he is told that somebody else has got it and maybe the child would travel for a couple of miles before he would find out that it was all a joke.
On St., Patrick's Day in out district everybody wears a Shamrock in his hat or coat in honour of this great Saint.(continues on next page)
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- Gender
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