School: Tooreen (St. Brigid's)
- Location:
- Tooreen, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0112, Page 76
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- (continued from previous page)shawl on their heads.
Some of the boys of the village used to dress themselves up with all straw, and a big stick, and knock at the door and ask for drink, and sometimes they would sing and dance for them.
But sometimes they did harm in the garden and in the fields, such as throwing stacks of oats and changing them from one place to another.
