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School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr M. Peadar
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567C, Page 18_026

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    their mouth, whoever did so could keep it. It was the custom of old people to have colcannon on that night and it is also so to day. The old people used to light a number of candles for the dead and leave the chairs around the fire for the Holy Souls.
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    which which
    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
    Nellie Wynne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Lonergan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary