School: Ballybay (C.) (roll number 1345)
- Location:
- Cornaseer, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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- (continued from previous page)one an other when sowing potatoes. The types of potatoes are: Kerrs pink, aran banner's, aran cairn, aran chief, up-to-date, british queen, great scots, Aran pilot, Champions Magiesty.
- On St. Stephen's day the boys dress up in old clothes and go round from house to house gathering money and singing the wren song. On St Brigids day the children dress up in white and go round from one house to an other gathering money in honour of St. Brigid. On St. Patrick's Day the people wear shamrock in their coats. On Ash Wednesday ashes are blessed, and put on the forehead of the people. On Good Friday all the people kiss the cross. On Whit Monday, if you go boating you would be downed. On Hallowe'en they duck for apples and a brack is cut up to see who would get a ring.
