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School: Ganntaigh (Ganty)

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Ganty, Co. Galway
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Sorcha Bean Uí Chlúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0280

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  1. Festival Customs

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    On St Stephen's Day it is the custom for a number of boys and grown-up men to go around from house to house and collect money to "bury the wren". First of all they arrange to meet and disguise themselves so that they would not be known. They dress in old clothes and hats, turn their coats inside out sometimes put masks or old cloths on their faces so that nothing can be seen but the eyes. Some of them carry musical instruments, such as mouth organs, melodeon, fiddle. One of the party carries a box where he puts the money received. Formerly they used carry a wren in a holly bush which they used catch the day before. They start on their rounds very early in the morning
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Raftery
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Collector
    Michael Dempsey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Lissalondoon, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Paddy Buckley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12