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School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

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An Baile Glas Thiar, Co. na Gaillimhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036D, Page 03_012

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    I went up a boreen and I came down the boreen and I carried the boreen on my back A ladder
    Martin Maloney
    Cloghroak
    Ardrahan
    Co Galway
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  2. St Stephen's Day

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    St Stephens day falls on the 26th of December On that day the boys of a village gather together and they put on old clothes on them. They put masks on their faces and some of them blacken their faces with polish and then they get old rags and they put two
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    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
        1. Féile Stiofáin (~402)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Maloney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloch an Chrócaigh, Co. na Gaillimhe