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School: Na Creaga

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Creggs, Co. Galway
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Liam Ó Breandáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 061

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    have bad luck. When they were coming home from the marriage, the people used to have bonfires lit for them.
    There would be a wedding held in the house on the night of the marriage. Some of the boys near where the wedding took place, that would not be asked to it, would (not be asked to it) go in as straw-boys to it. They would wear old clothes, straw-hats and straw-belts.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Blighe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fairfield, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Blighe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fairfield, Co. Galway