School: Lucan (B.)
- Location:
- Leamhcán, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
- Teacher: M. Mac Rois
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- Every mother keeps a piece of the Christmas pudding and does not take down the holly or the ivy until after this day. Some people play this trick on New years Night. If a girl wants to know what kind her future husband will be, she must go out in the garden at twelve o clock that night and pull up a cabbage head and bring it into the house. If it is a long one he will be long, if it is a short one he will be short and if it is crooked he will be crooked. Whatever shape the cabbage is it is said the man will be the same.