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School: Naomh Eoin, Béal Easa (roll number 14176)

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Foxford, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0125, Page 191

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    walk he notices she was lame which he considered a defect as he said "she had a halt in her step" so that match was deferred until he considered. It took him months to do so - but eventually she became his bride and proved herself a very efficient housewife.
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    The time in which people got married long ao was from the sixth of January to Pancake Tuesday. The bride's parents gave a wedding, and also gave money and stock. If the parents could not afford money, they gave the bride and the bridegroom their house and land.
    The straw boys were the boys of the place who were not invited to the wedding. They came dressed in straw. There
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Howley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Foxford, Co. Mayo