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School: Na Caológa (B.) (roll number 13182)

Location:
Keeloges New, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Ss. Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0092, Page 151

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    danced and wished good luck to the newly-married couple. The strawboys were treated at the wedding and they went home in good humour. They were called “strawboys” because they usually wore high straw hats as part of their disguise.
    Some marriages took place quietly at night time. They were called private marriages because the people of the locality did not know of such marriages till the couple were married. Usually at such a marriage there were only the bride and bridegroom with two witnesses. Then within a few days the newly-married couple went away to America or to England and perhaps never came back to Ireland again.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Mach Niocláis
    Address
    Danganmore, Co. Mayo