School: Aghada
- Location:
- Aghada, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dubhgáin
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Going to Skellig - Shrove Tuesday.
This has almost died out.2nd
On May Sunday the children go from house to house singing hymns.
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St Stephen's Day for the wren Boys.
These are the only ones I have noticed in the parish. - 1.
In driving in the fowls something like "hulla" "hulla" is said. I suppose this is a corruption of chodladh codhladh
2.
In driving pigs- something like "boch boc" is said.
3.
"habha" "habha" when driving cows. - All night wakes are beginning to die out also here but the longest road to the graveyard is still observed.
- Collector
- J. Duffan
- Address
- Aghada, Co. Cork