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School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

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Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 073

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  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

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    number of young men dressed in coloured clothes with their faces painted visit the house with musical instruments and dance outside the house and then they are brought in and given a cut of the wedding cake and some intoxicating drink. These men are called "strawboys" or "beggars".
    David Lynam Streamstown
    Told by Mrs Lynam
    Streamstown
    Local Marriage Customs.
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  2. Local Marriage Customs

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    In this district long ago, and up to the present day it was usual for the people to get married before Shrove Tuesday.
    It is thought that Friday and Saturday are unlucky days on which to get married and that May and September are unlucky months to get married in.
    The old people often went to the fairs and markets to make matches. There they met the mothers or fathers of the pair that are
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Stokes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creeve, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    James Finnerty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Creeve, Co. Westmeath