School: Béal an Dá Chab (roll number 14225)
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Risteárd O Lighin
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- (continued from previous page)with their mouths. Apples are also put floating in water, and people try to catch them with there mouths.
On St. Stephen's Day boys go from house to house singing the wren song. They wear masks over their faces as a disguise. In the evening they divide the money they get between them.
On New Year's Night men go around the town singing and playing musical instruments. A little feasting is done on Little Christmas. It is sometimes called the Women's Christmas.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael O' Regan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
