School: Cill Moluda, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 9610)
- Location:
- Kilmaloda, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Laura Nugent
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 226
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- Skellig lists were published pairing single girls with elligible men. These were very often most unsuitable & unlikely pairs & often scathing remarks were made of the parties. Sometimes the men & girls were flattered & received compliments. The lists took the form of poetry.
Shrove Tuesday night the boys went out with long ropes & when the girls came along they were caught in the ropes & dragged off to Skellig.
Boys stood at the street corners armed with bags of soot or flour & when bachelors or maidens came along these were thrown at them.
- Informant
- Mrs Nugent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Kilmaloda, Co. Cork
