School: Bennekerry, Carlow

Location:
Bennekerry, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Liam Ó hAodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 423

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    money. At night they divide the money between them.
    Shrove Tuesday is called "Pancake Tuesday", owing to the fact that everyone makes pancakes on that evening.
    November Night is a great time of fun for children. They dive for pennies in deep basins of water. They must bring up the pennies in their teeth. They have great fun splashing before they succeed.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. On St. Stephen's Day, the wren is hunted and killed by the wren boys. Then she is decorated on a bush. The boys travel around gathering money
    On November night all the people of the family gather together and get a tub of water. Nuts and money are put in the water. Then the people start to "duck" for them.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Pinder
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Johnstown, Co. Carlow