School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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- (continued from previous page)could see bottles or anything they could lay hands on flying at each other.
- In the country when a person get married during Shrove a dance is generally held at the brides house. Then ten or twelve from the district gather together. They dress themselves in different costumes. Some dress in women's clothes and others like wren-boys Some of play banjoys banjo's and tamborines When they arrive at the bride's house they dance for about an hour and then they are suplied with refreshments. Then they sing a few songs and then return to their homes. These boys are called soppers.Soppers so called because in olden days they used to wear a dress of straw. At the
- Collector
- David Barry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Johnny Buckley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Soppors so called because in olden days they used to wear a dress of straw. At the(continues on next page)
