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School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

Location:
Ballyglass West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036D, Page 08_011

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    St.Stephen's day 25..1..1938
    St. Stephen's day falls on the 26th of December. It is a custom for the people to go out in the wren [rann] boys gathering pennys. [pennies]
    They dress themselves up in such a way as they won't be known by anybody. They oput old clothes and masks on them and five or six and more than that sometimes go around from house to house playing music and dancing and then the people gives them a penny or two.
    They have rhymes- and they say them in every house for the
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    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
    Mary Howley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloghroak, Co. Galway