School: Feevagh (roll number 9517)

Location:
Feevagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Seán Ó Bhaldraithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0269D, Page 02_006

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  1. On St Stephen's Day, all the boys of this village join in a band and around the parish gathering money "to bury the wren".
    They disguise themselves by wearing old clothes, and masks over their faces. They do not hunt or kill a wren nor have they any special way of dressing themselves. One of them takes all the money and divides it in equal shares for all in the evening. It is spent in any way. When they come to
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowntarriff, Co. Roscommon