School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cluain Meala

Location:
Greenan, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
An tSr. Treasa le Muire
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  1. A certain family were having a party on Snap Apple Night. One of the girls went into a dark room thinking she would see her future husband. She opened every press in the room but they were all covered with cobwebs.
    In the finish a man appeared to her. She was dazed and ran out of the room, she said nothing of it to the others. One day a man came to the town. She became great with him and he used to take her out for walks and all. But her father did not want her to be going with him. In the mean
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    Miss Lucy Cleary
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grange, Co. Tipperary