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School: Loughkeeren

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Knockatemple, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0120, Page 84

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  1. Local Marriage Customs - The Drag

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    When the match was made and the day appointed the boy and girl invited their friends to the marriage. Each man had a horse and sometimes a horse and a sidecar. The boy and girl that were married rode on the same horse returning from the church. Each man carried a lady behind him on his horse. The whole crowd going to or coming from the church was the Drag.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Commins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathrowan, Co. Mayo