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School: Mín a Ghabhann (Meenagowan) (roll number 16823)

Location:
Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Glacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 06_044

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  1. The Feasts of the Year (continued)

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    go to confession for the scapulars. They receive that day in honour of the Blessed Virgin.
    Hallowe’en night. That night they be making tricks. They get nuts and they burn them and they name some boy and girl and they say if the nuts jump that they will be married. They have another trick. They get a basin of clear water and a saucer of clay and they write three names on three pieces of paper and
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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
    Anna Ní Méallaigh
    Other names
    Anna Ní Méallaigh
    Annie Melley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Raithnigh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Annie Melley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Raithnigh, Co. Donegal