School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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  1. Oidhche Samna is the first night in Novenber. On that night the boys goes about braking cabbage. They would not brake any cabbage on a poor person. There was a rich living in Ballyburke about a hundred years ago & he had a big garden of cabbage So November day the man was at the fair & the lads of the village new he would come home drurk At about eight o'clock at night all the young
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Stephen Madden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Jennings
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyhean, Co. Mayo