School: Castlefin (2)
- Location:
- Castlefinn, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: George V. Graham
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- About a dozen of people meet together at Xmas time and go about from house to house singing songs and saying rhymes. The people are called Mummers or Moonlighters. They are a very common band especially in the north.
Mummering is unlawful and these young people have to ask permission from the Garda or police and give their word that will be of good behaviour.
Mummers are dressed in all sorts of rediculous clothes and paper hats and one playing the roll of Jack Straw has sheaf of corn on his head. The people in the house which they visit give them a piece(continues on next page)- Collector
- Elma Nelson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castlefinn, Co. Donegal