School: Gaddyduff (roll number 16642)
- Location:
- Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: P. H. Kavanagh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1121, Page 147
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It is about fifty years age since the Christmas Rhymers started. The first place that this woman seen them was at a big night in Niel the Capenter's house. He was this womans uncle. The woman that dressed them was Liasa Comey from Bealough and she made the hats for them. The first name was Roomey Roomey gallen boys and they have the same rymes now as they used to have them. They had the rhymes in English and in Irish.When the Rhymers would be going round the houses they would be dressed very nice and they had very good manners and the people who would give them any money when they were going round two Rymers would go back to the (-) and asked them to the ball.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eddie Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Gortfad, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Kitty Gill
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Gortfad, Co. Donegal
