School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 14_059

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  1. The people have great feasts nowadays. On Christmas Eve the people have candles on their windows and their houses decorated with holly and ivy. On St Stephen's Day all the boys dress up in torn clothes and they have masks on their faces and they have a lot of music and they go around from house to house singing and dancing and then when they have finished dancing they ask for money.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Agnes Barrett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killaderry, Co. Galway