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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
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Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 133

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 133

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    their parents that they would be home at a certain time. The straw-boy still comes round to act. Each of them has a name. Each of them comes in turn. They dress in old rags. There used to be side-cars for going to weddings. There was a horse-race at every wedding for a bottle of whiskey. At the weddings long ago forty or fifty people were there. There was a bottle of whiskey at the wedding. Everyone would take a mouthful. Then it was broke. Everybody ran for a bit to dream on.
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