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School: Feevagh (roll number 9517)

Location:
Feevagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Seán Ó Bhaldraithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0269D, Page 03_025

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    On St. Stephen's Day all the boys of this village join in a band and go around the parish gathering money to bury the wren.
    They disguise themselves by wearing old clothes and masks over their faces. They do not hurt or kill a wren, nor have they any special way of dressing themselves
    One of them takes takes all the money and divides it in equal shares for all in the evening. It is spent in any way at all.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrycahill, Co. Roscommon