School: Killyfargy
- Location:
- Killyfargy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ó Mórdha
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Killyfargy
- XML Page 021
- XML “A Country Dance”
- XML “A Country Dance”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- 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.
- Collector
- Michael Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John O' Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnalee, Co. Monaghan
- N.B.
When a dance was held in a house the guests were served with refreshments of all kinds, including some drink. Then the guests collected among themselves and got more drink. This was called a "join" as described above. A dance of this kind was called a spree. This custom,(continues on next page)