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School: Richmond (roll number 14400)

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Richmond, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 195

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    St. Stephen's day falls on the twenty sixth of December. It is a great day for the young boys and girls. On that day the young boys and girls go out from house to house collecting money.
    They put on old clothes and they cover their faces with false faces. The get a piece of a table cloth and they cut the place of the eyes, the nose, and the mouth in it. Then they put strings in it for tying it on their faces. Then they go from house to house playing a fiddle and singing songs. When they go into a house
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maisie Donnelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowkilleen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Michael Donnelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    Over 60
    Address
    Carrowkilleen, Co. Mayo