School: Convent Girls' School, Ballymote
- Location:
- Ballymote, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Sr. M. Patrick
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- Long ago when there would be a wedding, men would dress up in straw and they were called "wholpers."
They would go to house where the wedding would take place and they would ask for a drink and sometimes money. Then they would ask a dance with the bride and would dance her up and down the floor. It is considered lucky for them to come.- Collector
- Patricia Cryan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Miss K. Killoran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymote, Co. Sligo