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School: Cortubber

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Cortober, Co. Roscommon
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Mary A. Burke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0237, Page 048

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0237, Page 048

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    “Easter Sunday people ate several eggs...”

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    Easter Sunday people ate several eggs on that morning in honour of the feast and as lent used to be observed with great exactness in this days, to make up for the fast probably.
    Shrove Tuesday. Long ago a Black fast. Most people wouldn't touch a morsel of food till after the Passion.
    Michaelmas Eve. At Michaelmas Eve I saw my grandmother kill a fowl or two and sprinkle the door posts and the four corners of the house with its blood in the name of the father and of the Son
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