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1. Festival Customs (ar lean)

   

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   May Eve and May Day

   On May Eve the ghosts and fairies are supposed to be out. A young boy or girl gets a saucer of flour and puts a black snail into it. They then cover the saucer with a cabbage leaf and in the morning the snail is supposed to have the initials of the one they are going to marry traced on the flour. People also go out and wash their faces in the dew on that morning. Most people throw away what is left after May Day as it is said the fairies have the right food taken away and a sod of turf left in its place.

   
   Easter

   On Easter Sunday all the young boys gather and have a feast of eggs. They gather them for about a week before hand. Long ago when I was a Gasúr we used to steal eggs wherever we could get them and hide them. Then we had a great feast when the day arrived.

   
   St. John's Night

   On St John's Night there are bone-fires held in most villages. At those bone-fires dances are held and all the young

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