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School: Moylough (C.) (roll number 13832)

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Maigh Locha, Co. Shligigh
Teacher:
Margaret Devine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0067

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    exhausted they sit by the fire eating apples and cracking nuts.
    Long ago the people played far more tricks on "Halloween" than they play nowadays, for example - they used to steal cabbage and hang it up over the door and the person who came into the house the next day would be either the future wife or husband.
    The old people firmly believed that the fairies changed from fort to fort on that night and said that it was not safe to be out after twelve o'clock because one might be swept away with them. They also believed that the fairies were heard laughing and talking on this night whilst changing about. Nobody is allowed to eat the wild fruit after this night because it is supposed to be destroyed by the fairies.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
        1. Oíche Shamhna (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Gildea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Maigh Locha, Co. Shligigh
    Informant
    James Brennan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Maigh Locha, Co. Shligigh