School: Redwood (roll number 11912)
- Location:
- Redwood, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máighréad Nic Chormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 215
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- St Brigids Day:. young men dress up and go in procession to the houses at night. They wear feásóga or masks, and one carries the brideóg, or a sort of wooden doll.
They dance and sing and play melodies mostly, and in this way they gather some few shillings. This they spend on some entertainment or dance.
St Patricks Day:. Men wear shamrock sprigs in their hats or caps. Ladies wear it in their coats. Little boys wear green rosettes, or little harps. Girls wear green ribbons tied in bows on their hair.
In older times people went to the public houses and got drunk.
If a fair was held in any place on a St. Patricks Day, men came home staggering from the effects of drink. This was called "Drowning the Shamrock". The pubs are all closed now on St Patricks Day, so there is no Drowning of the(continues on next page)
