School: Loch Measca
- Location:
- Caherrobert, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean an Bhrúnaigh
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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. - One young fellow would sit in the middle of the floor, and the rest would sit around him in a ring. They would have a Súgán made out of straw and would keep passing it under their legs.
The lad in the middle would have to keep a tight watch on every side, or some fellow would hit him with the Súgán. If he was not lively enough to catch the fellow, who struck him, he had to stay in till he got the next blow. When he caught the fellow that hit him he could get out, and the other fellow had to get in. - Long ago when the people were bringing the corpses, in carts, to the graveyard, they would bring the horse round the cart three times before he would be put under it.
