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School: Na Creaga

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Creggs, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam Ó Breandáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 017

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    Long ago when people were getting married, they used to walk to the chapel, and home, and after some years they used to go on horse back, and when they were going on horse back, it used to be a great game, to be hasting to see who had the best horse, after the horses came the side-cars, and then the motor cars.
    When they would reach home, the young man's people would not let in the young woman's people, until the young man's people, would be all in first, for fear they would have bad luck.
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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
    John Joe Blighe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fairfield, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Blighe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fairfield, Co. Galway