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School: Cnoc an Chuilinn, An Ráth Mhór (roll number 9871)

Location:
Caherbarnagh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Nóra, Bean Uí Dhuinnín
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    couple of nights before that day the boy would visit the girl's house and they would have a big party and invite all their friends to it, and they would have soup and pancakes for the supper, and they would call that the "gander". That night straw boys used to come in, dressed up in rags and straw and high hats, and they would dance a set and they would get a drink and they would go home.
    Long ago all the people that wanted to get married should be into the church for two o'clock
    Pancakes were eaten in every house on
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Shrovetide (~188)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jack Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knocknaloman, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Alexander O Sullivan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Knocknaloman, Co. Cork