School: Drumcoghill

Location:
Drumcoghill Lower, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Iomaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0982, Page 258

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0982, Page 258

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  1. People of long ago held pattern dances at the cross-roads, They used to light fires and dance around for hours.
    Sometimes they held surprise parties in neighbour houses. Everyone brought some parts of food, such as tea, sugar, bread, milk, or butter. A fiddler was invited for the night, and dancing was carried on till a late hour. This was a general custom during the long winter nights.
    When no dancehalls or cinemas were to the fore, some people spent their time, horse-racing, net fishing, and playing Camogie. It was played exactly as it is nowadays, but the word they called it was "Commons".
    In days gone by this district was a great centre for horse-racing, They started off from Bellahillan Bridge and journeyed round Marahill, and the other townland's. When tired they returned to the same - spot.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mrs A. Montgomery
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Corr, Co. Cavan