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School: Drom Fada (roll number 16137)

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Drumfad, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Coluínn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1090, Page 272

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    their gardens.
    At Christmas men went about like mummer's to people's houses. They sang songs & said rhymes. Then the people gave them money. Then they would have a dance in some body's barn. The people decorated their houses with holly at Xmas.
    Two days after Xmas, people gathered to a place called Warden to play cammon. The police would be there to see there would be no disagreeing. At last they (stopped) started to fight and it was stopped then.
    At Easter the people made an Easter house (before Easter) & put a fire in it. They stole eggs on Saturday for Sunday. Good Friday was kept a half holiday.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jasmine Morrow
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowkeel Glebe, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Bernard Price
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynashannagh, Co. Donegal