School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)
- Location:
- Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Dáithí Mag Réill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137B, Page 07_005
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- (continued from previous page)in a bucket of water and told him his face was dirty and he wanted to wash it. When he had washed, his face was all black and the towel that he was drying himself was black also. When he was washing she said the light was too high on the lamp and she lowered it. She lowered it so that he wouldn't notice the polish in the bucket. When he had washed and cleaned himself he left the house. They play that trick since.
When they would be at wakes long ago they used to play a trick the name of it was the hearth a bróg (thart a bhróg). They used to make a rope and have a number of men and put some of them striking each other and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Egan
- Gender
- Female
