School: Sruth Nua
- Location:
- Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás de Brún
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Games at Wakes
A man would dress himself in a white sheet. He was called láir bháin. He used to come into the wake and a few more boys with him.
They would sit on chairs in the middle of the floor. The láir bhán would have a sticks with pins on the top of it and anyone he did not like he would give them a stab of the pin.
Making the Bridge
A lot of people would sit in a line opposite the door there would be a man looking to see if they were sitting right for fear the bridge(continues on next page)- Collector
- Christina Fahy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Robeen, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Fahy
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Robeen, Co. Mayo