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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
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Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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    our answer and let us be going".
    Then they get money.
    Other boys have musical instruments with them such as mouth-organs, fifes and melodeons and they play tunes and dance. Many different sets of boys come.
    When night falls they divide the money evenly between themselves. Some of the boys buy clothes for themselves and others buy toys.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Stephen (~402)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo