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School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)

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Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Deagha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 418

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  1. Feasts and Holidays

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    1st January: The circumcision of Our Lord.
    6th January: The Epiphany.
    17th March: St Patrick's Day.
    Ascension Thursday.
    Corpus Christi.
    29th June St Peter and Paul's Day.
    15th August: The Assumption of Our Lady.
    1st November: All Saints Day.
    8th December: The Immaculate Conception.
    25th December: Christmas Day.
    Some boys go around on St Stephen's Day and here is the verse the say in the houses: The wren, the wren, the kind of all birds, St Stephens day was caught in the furze, up with the kettle and down with the pan and give us a penny to bury the wren.
    Some boys go around with the Brideog on St Brigids day in honour of St Brigid and the collect money and eggs in the houses.
    On November's night people duck for apples and scatter the cabbage and some of them steal cabbage
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Oliver Bruen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glennamaddy, Co. Galway