School: Killasnett (roll number 9533)
- Location:
- Curraghfore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Eoghan Mac Oirealla
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- In most districts many feasts are observed in a special manner. Boys dress in old clothes false-faces and straw hats. They are called Straw Boys and they go around from house to house on St Stephens night looking for money. They continue going round from house to house till New Years Eve. They sing songs and one of them is "Money we want and money we pray, if you don't(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lena Rooney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curraghfore, Co. Leitrim