School: Swords (C.) (roll number 7339)
- Location:
- Swords, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Shortall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0788, Page 114
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- Nearly every village and town in the World has certain customs and feasts which are observed on the most important festivals of the year, and even we in Swords play our part in some of these.New Year's Eve the first festival day of the year is a great day for merry making in Swords. The young people gather together at the cross roads, and dance to the music of a mouth organ, they dance until they hear the sound of the bells ringing the old year out and the New Year in, and then they all(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Barker
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Swords, Co. Dublin
