School: Killoughter
- Location:
- Cill Uachtair, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: Máire Ní Bhreitheamhan
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- On Hallow E'en night some men and boys and some girls dress up and go from house to house. They wear false faces and old fashioned skirts and coats. They bring accordians and fiddles with them.When they go into the house one or two of them play the music and the others step-dance and dance other dances. Then they start singing one by one. The person who is singing the song sings till he comes near the end of it and then they all join in. Then the people of the house(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Crean
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corrán Uí Chiara, Co. Chill Mhantáin