School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)
- Location:
- Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 031
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- About thirty years ago there lived near the village of Streamstown a man named Joe Handibode who was a noted step dancer. He won many competitions at numerous Feiseanna and was seldom beaten.
One day he competed against the champion dancer of Offaly, Peter Scally from Tullamore at a Maypole which was erected at Garthy but Joe Handibode was declared the winner after two or three bouts of dancing. His favourite dance was a hornpipe called, "The Leitrim fancy Hornpipe," but he also danced jigs one of them being, "The geese in the bog."
- About two miles from Kilbeggan there lives a man named Patrick Trodden who was a famous dancer. This man's favourite dance was a reel and he was taught the dancing by his father(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tom Gannon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballybrown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- John Gannon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Ballybrown, Co. Westmeath
