School: Breac-chluain
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- Brackloon South, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Mac Gabhann
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- (continued from previous page)People in olden times believed that Wednesday was the luckiest day for getting married. Matches were made in public houses and whiskey was drunk. On the wedding day a "drag" of ten or twelve cars was engaged. Bonfires on hill tops welcomed the bride and bridegroom home. At night men went from the wedding house looking for drink and they were called whalpers.
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- Annie Freeley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrynacong, Co. Mayo