School: Kilcullen (B.)

Location:: Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
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Customs of Halloween Long Ago (continued)

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knocker would knock and so the two knockers would keep knocking all the time. A better trick was to get get a lot of furze and place them in front of a door till you could not see the door. They also put barrels of water against doors, knocked and then run away The above customs were told by Mr Joseph Sammon, Kilcullen Aged 68
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A Ghost Story

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The following story was told byMr. Joseph Byrne Kilcullen:-
One "Hallow E'en" about 60 years ago two men were walking up an avenue leading to a very

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