School: Castlemacadam
- Location:
- Castlemacadam, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Wm. Ffell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0925, Page 114
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- November night.
This night parties of men, boys & sometimes women& girls dress up in old cloths, wear all kinds of masks home made and bought & set out from house to house. They bring a concertina & sometimes a fiddle and sing and dance, recite or tell a story in each house into which they are admitted. There are no special songs or dances. The usual dance is a half-sett. They collect money, fruit, nuts tc & often get supper. In west Wicklow they call themselves -as in Wexford- mummers.
- Shrove.
The only special food this night is the pancake. This custom is kept up in practically every home still, & people have a superstition that it is better to stay at home this night. - In fairs-markets and practically all buying & selling the custom of giving back some of the purchase price for luck is still practiced.(continues on next page)
