School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí
- Location:
- Lios Tuathail, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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- (continued from previous page)All those who don't marry their names are put into the Skellege List and all those who married they Skellege the car with ropes and they call it a drag and the people would trow throw them money. They used call them wagonettes or covered cars. They used to be two horses at the front in a wagonette and a man on top driving it.
A long time ago two people got married once after they were married a gang of suppers came in sometimes they called them straw boys. They started to sing and dance. They used all have a number and everytime the captain got the money and they shared it between them - A long time ago two people got married oand after they were married a gang of suppers came in sometimes they called them straw boys. They started to sing and dance. They used all have a number and everytime the captain to do thing they used to do it. The captain got the money and they shared it between them
- Collector
- Edmond O' Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lios Tuathail, Co. Chiarraí
- Informant
- Mrs O' Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Lios Tuathail, Co. Chiarraí