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School: An Cnoc (B.) (roll number 16122)

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Knock, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0108, Page 241

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    couple luck and to drink their health in mugs of porte, or glasses of whiskey.
    If they were refused as they sometimes were the "Straw boys" often did a lot of damage before going away, such as throwing over a stack of two in the haggard or pulling thatch off the house, and sometimes wrecking the house before they left. As a rule the party did not leave till day light even in winter then wishing the newly married couple luck and happiness they departed.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tobias Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Drum, Co. Mayo