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School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)

Location:
Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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    wear green clothes on that day. Others wear badges shamrock and green ribbons.
    Shrove Tuesday : This is the last day on which people solemnize marriage until after Lent.
    Ash Wednesday: Ashes is put on our foreheads after Mass on Ash Wednesday to remind us that dust we are and into dust we will return.
    Good Friday: Some years ago Good Friday, Ash Wednesday and Spy Wednesday were called "black fast days". One People did not put milk on their
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kealy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Michael Kealy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Kilcolgan, Co. Galway