School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Tamhlachtain, Co. Laoise
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0838, Page 258
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- XML “Festival Customs”
- XML “The Care of Our Farm Animals”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There are many customs in this district such as following the wren on St Stephens days. This is a very common sport in every district. Four or five boys gather together and go in procession from door to door singing and dancing and playing music. These boys get money at each house. When evening comes the boys return home and give each other an equal share of the money they have received.
- The care of our farm animals.
We have six cow at home each(continues on next page)
