On November's night we all get a couple of stones of apples in Balla.
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INFORMANT Patrick Reilly; male, Age; 87, Prison North, Co. Mayo
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INFORMANT; Thomas Reilly, male, Age 42, Prison North, Co. Mayo
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On May morning the people used never throw out ashes....INFORMANT Patrick Reilly; male, Age; 87, Prison North, Co. Mayo
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The ruins of an old castle stand yet in Prizon. It is from that castle that Prizon got it's name. INFORMANT Patrick Reilly; male, Age; 87, Prison North, Co. Mayo
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Eighty years ago, people used to put eight rushes together and steep them in grease which they got out of fried beef fat
INFORMANT Patrick Reilly; male, Age; 87, Prison North, Co. Mayo
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Long ago there was a man in Ballyheane who dreamt on Christmas night that Mass…
INFORMANT Patrick Reilly; male, Age; 87, Prison North, Co. Mayo
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INFORMANT Patrick Reilly; male, Age; 87, Prison North, Co. Mayo
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Every night we play this game around the fire........
Bí o néal, néal a brobán, brobán súla, súla seicne, ár lomán, lóman leic, cor na giell isteach go Flaitheas.
They keep saying that rhyme until every-one has his foot pulled in.
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That night a wedding took place in Keelogues in my grandfathers house. They had three half-barrels of stout. About sixty guests were invited to the wedding.
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The boys used to make toas - Toas is local slang for marbles.
Informant : Patrick Reilly age 87
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In my grand-father's time they used to make wooden spoons for Easter Sunday out of wood
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Every night we play this game around the fire........
Bí o néal, néal a brobán, brobán súla, súla seicne, ár lomán, lóman leic, cor na giell isteach go Flaitheas.
They keep saying that rhyme until every-one has his foot pulled in.
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