School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)
- Location:
- Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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- A game the boys used to play at wakes long ago was when the people were all gathered at the house, the boys would tie a rope around the dead man's waist.. There was no lamps at that time and the people could not see them doing it. They used to bring the rope down to the end of the (??) and when they pull the rope, the dead man(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tom Heraty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Forkfield or Gowel, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
