School: Castlemacadam
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- Castlemacadam, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Wm. Ffell
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- November night.
This night parties of men, boys & sometimes women& girls dress up in old cloths, wear all kinds of masks home made and bought & set out from house to house. They bring a concertina & sometimes a fiddle and sing and dance, recite or tell a story in each house into which they are admitted. There are no special songs or dances. The usual dance is a half-sett. They collect money, fruit, nuts tc & often get supper. In west Wicklow they call themselves -as in Wexford- mummers. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- In fairs-markets and practically all buying & selling the custom of giving back some of the purchase price for luck is still practiced.(continues on next page)