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School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

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Ballyglass West, Co. Galway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036D, Page 02_017

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    St Stephens Day falls on the 26th of December the day after Christmas Day. That dory Street Stephen was put to death for his religion He was killed with stones.
    The people have a queer custom that day. The boys and girls dress up in ragged clothes and false faces on They get
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Stephen (~402)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Holland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fiddaun, Co. Galway