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School: Cor Bealaigh

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Corbally, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 008

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 008

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    get a motor-car and cover it with different kinds of flowers and ribbons. Their friends get more motor-cars and they go to the church. When they are married the bridegroom leads the bride into the first motor-car and they go round the country for a spin. The straw-boys visit the houses to have fun and pleasure. They are dressed with long skirts and tall hats. Their faces are black so that they would not be known.
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