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School: Páirc Íseal (C.) (roll number 4794)

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Lowpark, Co. Mayo
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Sorcha Ní Dhumhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 97

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    16. On the way to the Church, it is unlucky to meet:- a pig, a weasel, a hare, a magpie, a funeral, a red-haired woman, or to see a donkey cart.
    17. It is during shrove most people get married--from 12th of January to Ash Wednesday is shrove
    18. It was customary for every man invited by the bride to take a bottle of whiskey with him to the Wedding
    19. It is lucky for a married woman to be present at the Wedding ceremony.
    20. During the night of the Wedding a number of "staw boys" or "Claithirí" arrived at the house. The captain asked the bride to dance. Then they demanded money and drink which they got.
    21. The "Claithirí" used send a note to the bride groom to say that they were shipwrecked and that
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lowpark, Co. Mayo