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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

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Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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    Festival Customs
    2nd May, 1938.
    On Saint Stephen's Day, 26th December, it is the custom as the people say "To bury the wren."
    The young boys dress up in every kind of funny clothes, and painted face's. They usually go in groups with mouth organs, fiddles, flutes, melodians and small drums, and one boy carries a money box of some crude construction.
    They go around from
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Brogan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Brigid Carr
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    72
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford