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School: Dunlavin (B.)

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Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow
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Mícheál Ó Gogáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 154

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    the wren song. They would also carry decorated bushes.
    The wren would be carried in triumph on top of the branches. These people are dressed up with vigards and other odd clothes some of the men are dressed as women and they would carry a long stick with the bladder of a football tied on the top of it and when they would meet a person they would hit them on top of the head with. "St Brigids Day" the customs are men and boys dress up and go from house to house singing and collecting money this s called breadogue.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Toomey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lugatryna, Co. Wicklow