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

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Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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  1. November Night (continued)

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    Mostly all the people believe that there is fairies out that night.
    They dive for apples and sweets and sometimes money.
    The people play blind man's biff snapping apples and burning nuts. There are two nuts put into the fire a girls name on one of them and a boys name on the other. If the two nuts stay on the fire until they are burnt the boy and girl will
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Connill
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thady Searry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Tooreen, Co. Galway