School: Leargán Buidhe (B.) (roll number 14288)
- Location:
- Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás de Bhaldraithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 574
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- St. Stephen's Day falls on the 26th of December. It is a very enjoyable day for the young boys. Boys from about twelve years to twenty years go in the wren boys. Some of the big boys paint their faces so as not to be known. They dress themselves in bad clothes and they also decorate their hats with ribbons. Some of the bigger boys play music with fiddles and the younger boys play flutes. They go from house to house playing and dancing and gathering money. When they have finished in the evening they divide the money equally between(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Erriff, Co. Mayo
