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School: Stracarne (roll number 16343)

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Srath Carn, Co. Liatroma
Teacher:
P. Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 450

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    old. The young people get a big tub of water in the middle of the floor and duck the whole night for apples and money to see who will be able to lift the smaller piece out of the water. The old people have nuts and apples and eat them. They also make or buy a brack for the supper that night. In the brack there is a ring or button, and piece of a stick. Whoever gets the ring will be married before that day twelve months, and who gets the button (if a girl) will be married to a tailor, and (if a boy) will be married to a dressmaker, and whoever gets the bit of a stick will die before that day twelve
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. creidiúint (~391)
        1. creidiúint choiteann (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Female