School: Croisín (Crusheen) (B. & C.)
- Location:
- Crusheen, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Bruaideadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593B, Page 19_007
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- (continued from previous page)great night, a crowd of the local boys would come in "dressed in straw" and dance a few sets and go away.
- The parish of Crusheen got its name from the graveyard that is near it called the Island. Long ago when a person was going to be buried they would rest the coffin for a few minutes on a stone cross that is near the grave-yard and all the people would kneel down and say prayers for the dead person, before burying them, and that is how Crusheen got its name from the little cross.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Ó Scannláin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crusheen, Co. Clare
