School: Aghada
- Location:
- Aghada, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dubhgáin
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Going to Skellig - Shrove Tuesday.
This has almost died out.2nd
On May Sunday the children go from house to house singing hymns.
3rd
St Stephen's Day for the wren Boys.
These are the only ones I have noticed in the parish.
- Collector
- J. Duffan
- Address
- Aghada, Co. Cork
- 1.
In driving in the fowls something like "hulla" "hulla" is said. I suppose this is a corruption of chodladh codhladh
2.
In driving pigs- something like "boch boc" is said.
3.
"habha" "habha" when driving cows. - All night wakes are beginning to die out also here but the longest road to the graveyard is still observed.
