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   that the youngster dancing are like a crowd of Ducks going to a pond - all after each other.

   When they were dancing the Sets now they keep going jogging all the time while long ago they used to time out every bar of music

   Long ago the dances used to be held at the cross-roads, and every boy and girl out of the houses used to attend. In the evening they were always held, and the youngsters would be home before night. The used to always bring a churn dash and a big soda cake and the nicest girl at the dance would get the cake put in her lap and the churn dash p(l)aced beside it.

   There used also be what they called "Balls" held in the neighbouring houses, and used to pay sixpence going in. Instead of that now some people put a thing up or raffle it as they say. This was a great custom of the peoples about ten years ago, but nowadays they have

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Pilib Mac Aonghusa

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Address

   Mohill, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mrs Patrick Mc Guinness

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   80

   Occupation

   Farmer's wife

   Address

   Drumhany, Co. Leitrim