School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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- (continued from previous page)gather toghether and dress up in funny clothes and go around to houses and dance and and play music and sing songs. It was a great custom six years ago but it is dying out now. It is only in the country that they do it now.
- If you are going anywhere and you meet a magpie you will have sorrow, if you meet two, joy, three for a wedding and four to die.
- Collector
- Fintan Conway
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- John Conway
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 51
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- At old wakes long ago there were a lot of customs. The people had a little barrell of whiskey at the door and everyone(continues on next page)