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School: Clochar na Trocaire

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Tuam, Co. Galway
Teacher:
an tSiúr M. Oilibhéir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0027, Page 0126

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    men having wisps. The wisps that 9 write about was straw platted together, It would be about ten feet long and lit to a great blaze. The lights would be seen three and four miles away.
    The wedding-cake would be an oatencake and the young married woman would go down on her knees inside the door until the wedding cake would be broken on her head by the oldest woman in the house. Then all that was invited to the wedding would have dinned. The dinner at that time was cabbage and bacon and potatoes, and after that they would have tea. It was unlucky to pass a churchyard or to meet a red-haired woman on their way home, or to get married on a wet
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mr Farrell
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Galway