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School: Baile Idir Dhá Abhainn (roll number 13196)

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Riverstown, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Ml. Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0180, Page 025

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    these boys coming because they always caused trouble. They would all insist on dancing the bride whether she liked it or not and if they were well pleased they would go in peace.
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  2. Local Marriage Customs

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    In Gleann, there lived a man named Thady Flynn who was married in his own house by a priest who had to walk about ninety miles. It took him about six days to come and the couple were afraid that he would be held up by the soldiers on the way, because , then they might not be married for twenty years. This was in the "Penal Times".
    The marriage took place at about eight o' clock in the morning and there was a great crowd present. The priest had a man with him to carry his bundle and to serve mass. After the marriage
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila O' Dowd
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardvarney, Co. Sligo