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School: Castlejordan (roll number 15974)

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Castlejordan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
M. Nic Amhlaoidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 051

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    Customs at wakes
    In this part of the country long ago when a person died the men would go to the wake and stay all night and they often played games during the night. A game they used to play was called "Buboss". This is how they used to play it. Two men get together and one would get a bit of a stick and one man would hit the other on the hand and say "Buloss" and the other would answer "Buloss Sir. What's your oats a peg". The rates of the market from twopence to fourpence from fourpence to sixpence from sixpence to eightpence to tenpence all evenses, no odds". Buloss. Buloss is a man of honour, and fame and he earn his bread by this innocent game and if he doesnt do what his is told must be bet when ever he is bold.
    Mary Nangle, Told to me by James Ennis, Castlejordan, Co. Meath.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Nangle
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Ennis
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlejordan, Co. Meath