School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)
- Location:
- Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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- This is the way the feast of Saint Brigid is celebrated in this locality.
On the first of February boys and girls amuse themselves by going round from house to house and from village to village gathering money and eggs and bread when they could get it.
The boys dress themselves in girls' clothes and straw hats and false faces and they carry some musical instruments with them. Then one of them would play and the others would(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Mc Gee
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Gee
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cossallagh, Co. Mayo