School: Monaghan (Convent, Girls) (roll number 359)

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1. Means of Travelling Long Ago (continued)

   

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   class passengers up while the second class passengers were allowed to walk up as their fare was larger then that of the thirdclass. At every inn the coach would stop to allow the passengers to buy refreshments if they wished to.

   

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2. Festivals of the Year

   

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   Festival of the year.

   St Stephen's Day : On this day a number of boys in our locality gather together and array themselves in gaudy colours and go round gathering money which they divide among themselves and usually spend it on "drink". They sing songs and dance and everyone has a rhyme of his [?]. They are called "Wren Boys" and they well deserve this title as they carry a large holly branch and a dead wren tied to it and as they come to the various

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rita Finnegan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Newbliss, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   John Finnegan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Newbliss, Co. Monaghan