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School: Glencairn (roll number 1179)

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Glencairn, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 16

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 16

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  1. Festival Customs

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    Saint Stephen's Day
    Saint Stephen's Day is the day after Xmas day. Some men find more fun out of Saint Stephen's day than any other day around Xmas. Men club together and decorate wren bushes. They then hire a motor car and bring their melodeons with them also mouth organs. Then they are off from town to town. When they are coming home they go into the nearest dance hall and they end the wren day in a merry mood.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Flynn
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    54
    Address
    Fortwilliam, Co. Waterford

  2. Saint John's Day

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    Saint John's Day
    Saint John's day falls on the twenty fourth of June. It is a customary thing on St John's eve for people to light a bonfire on some part of the land. It is nice to look up the hills at about ten o'clock and see
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