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School: Clais na nGearrán (roll number 2979)

Location:
Clashnagarrane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Conchubhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 315

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  1. The Biddies (continued)

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    instrument.
    Sometimes a dance is held in a country house and they buy, jam, sugar, bread and several other things with the money.
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  2. The Biddies

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    The biddies go around from house to house, gathering money for the biddy, on the night before the second of February. They put masks on their faces and they put on fancy clothes. They make a biddy out of a turnip and they put two holes for the eyes. They put a small dress on the biddy too. The biddies always play music or sing songs in the houses. It is the young
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