School: St. Anne's (B.)
- Location:
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 307
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- (continued from previous page)loaf, or some tea and sugar. All these gifts were deposited on a table in the room, a dance was held and the festivities in general were almost on a par with those that obtained on the night of the wedding
Singing at wakes was a popular custom in Bailieboro district for many years. Many of the singers were really good and their singing of traditional Irish and Anglo Irish was a virtual treat. In those days the singers were usually treated to a glass or two of whiskey.
- Collector
- P. J. Gaynor
- Occupation
- Journalist
- Address
- Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
