School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)
- Location:
- Ballyglass West, Co. Galway
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- St Stephens Day 21st - 1st - 1938
St Stephens Day falls on the twenty sixth of December.
The people of this part of the country and other parts also have a queer custom on that day both young and old.
They gather together in some house. Then they dress themselves up with old clothes and then they put masks on their faces.
Then the get some musical instrument a mouth organ or a fiddle.
Then they go around to every village.(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Tarpey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyglass East, Co. Galway