School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- At the weddings years ago there used to be about twenty strawboys. Sometimes there used to be two band of them. They used to have straw hats and a false face. When they would come in they would sing and dance. Sometimes they used to have a melodeon and one of them would go playing on it. The people would give them porter and they would get drunk. They would go home when they would have enough drink.
I got this account from John Lavelle, Cordarragh.
- Collector
- Michael Lavelle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cordarragh North, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Lavelle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cordarragh North, Co. Mayo
