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School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

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Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0545, Page 100

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  1. Festival Customs

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    There is festival customs every year in my district such as following the wren and gathering money and then buying sweets with it. On Shrove Tuesday making pan-cakes and Chalk Sunday rubbing chalk to bacholer backs & on May Day stealing the cream of another man's milk & on St John's lighting bon-fires & their is an old Rhyme connected with Christmas
    Christmas is coming the geese are fat
    Will you please put a penny in the old man's hat
    If you have not a penny a halfpenny will do
    If you have not a halfpenny may God bless you
    Pupil: Brigid Ryan Gurteenebarna
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gorteennabarna, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Ned Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Gorteennabarna, Co. Tipperary