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School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)

Location:
Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 314

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    go in. The Caplain dances with the bride and the bridesgroon dances with the caplains wife. The rest of the strawboys dance with the girls of the wedding house. After a while they all get drink and go out again The people attending the wedding used to race against each other on the horses home. The person who would reach the weddinghouse first would get a bottle of whiskey.
    Brigid Granaghan (Father)
    Creevy
    Castlehill
    Ballina
    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
    Brigid Granaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creevy, Co. Mayo