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School: Lios Leacach (B. & C.) (roll number 12732 / 12733)

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Lislackagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire E. Uí Einrí
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  1. Festival Customs - St Stephens Day

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    St Stephens day is held on the twenty sixth of December.
    On that day boys and girls dress up in old clothes and go round from house to [house] gathering money to bury the wren. They carry sticks in their hands and some musical [instruments] such as flutes, melodeons, fiddles
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Stephen (~402)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Moore
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowcanada, Co. Mayo