School: Termonfeckin (roll number 16209)
- Location:
- Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
- Teacher: T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 117
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- (continued from previous page)céilidhe in every home on Easter Sunday night. At the céilidhe there would be singing, dancing, and story telling. There would also be plenty of food and drink.
- It is a very old custom for the men and boys of the village to go round with the "Wren" on Saint Stephan's Day.
The boys and men of the village dress up with false faces and old clothes and coloured clothes and they blacken their faces. They go round in bands and they sing songs. Some of them play french-fiddles. They collect money.
The young boys of the village go round early on that day(continues on next page) - Collector
- Briget Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
