Ireland
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changlings bashee may day halloween Emerald Island castles
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children of lir christmas funerals
Changlings are female fairies May day is a celebration of Ireland has a nickname, the
they give birth to problem for the workers. They celebrate nickname is Emerald Island.
children, then they go into the mortal it on the 1st of may.
world and swap their child for a Ireland has many castles
normal child. On halloween they serve a dish like Blarney, Bunratty,and doe
with a ring, coin, and 2 pins in it. castle. Blarney castle you have to
Banshee is a old women dressed in The ring means you have to get married walk up to the top and
rags, sometimes people see her as withn a year. The coin smybolizes wealth. lean over backwards
a beatuiful young girl and sometimes The two pins mean you are not aloud to marry. over a 10 story
people see her washing clothes that drop to kiss the
are covered in blood. Her scream They celebrate christmas just like us with stone of Blarney.
kills anyone who's heard it. presents and a christmas tree.:)
The children on lir. Lir was the lord of the For funerals the whole family
sea, his wife had 4 children. When his wife comes and dines, they also share
died he married his old wife's sister, Aoife, funny memories about the person
Aoife was jealous of the children so she took who'd died.
them swimming in a lake and turned them into
swans.
By Kirsty :)
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