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Corraslira, Co. Roscommon
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Bean Uí Dhubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0252, Page 103

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  1. Customs of St Stephen's Day

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    There are a lot of customs belonging to St. Stephen's day. St. Stephen's day falls on the 26th of December. On that day a lot of the boys go out collecting money. They dress up and one of them has a flute or mouth organ. They also have a false face. On that day a lot of people go visiting to each other and they have some of the Christmas bottle for them.
    The wren also have a money box with them one of them rattles it and the others dance. Some of them go round on bicycles and others walking. They gather a lot of money that day and they go to dance on that night. They dress up
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Stephen (~402)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Flaherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Annaghmore, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Annaghmore, Co. Roscommon