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School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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    At Easter the people start gathering all the eggs they can for Easter they leave them in a ditch or in the house. All the eggs they have gathered they would call them pruchóg. On Easter Sunday they would eat all the eggs they could and all they couldn't they would eat them the coming week after.
    On Easter Sunday anyone that is up early in the morning will see the sun dancing. It will give three ___ of joy when it is rising. It was said that anyone that has a mortal sin on his soul wont see it dancing at all. There will be a cloud between his eyes and the sun and he
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    Nellie Egan
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