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School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)

Location:
Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Máire Uí hOistín
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    Long ago a party of boys used to go around St. Stephen's morning looking for money to buirey the wran. They used to get alot of money and, they used to have a big ball that night.
    They would ask the house off some man. But not much wran boys come now. When the ran boys used to come long ago. the people would not give them any money till they would dance jigs and reels and sing songs. One of the ran boys would have a melodeon and he would play for the rest of them. Then when they
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    bury
    wren
    They
    Melodeon
    wren
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
        1. Féile Stiofáin (~402)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Tónra
    Gender
    Male