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School: Balrath (roll number 9770)

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Balrath, Co. na hIarmhí
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Bean Uí Oirghiall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 108

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    and not as wide. It was all a wooden affair. Five or six would sit on each side of it with their legs hanging and a quilt for a rug.
    Later they went in jaunting cars. The bride and bridegroom were in the first car and nine or ten others followed in a line. You would imagine it was a funeral.
    It was a custom for the people not to marry after "Ash Wednesday" and all the women left unmarried would have a puss on them, the next Sunday as the men would not ask them to marry.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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