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School: Caimthír (Camphire), Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 15129)

Location:
Camphire, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Nóra Bean Uí Chradóig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0636, Page 380

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  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

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    marriage was given in the bride's house. The Parish Priest came and married them and the husband brought his wife home on horse-back. A great feast was help on the wedding-day.
    Straw-boys used to go to the houses. They were dressed strangely and masked so that no-body would know them. They went in and sand and danced. They had great racing going home on horse-back. The horses were fed well before the wedding. People inside the ditches used to fire buckets and missiles at them.
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  2. Bird-Lore

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    Bird-Lore.
    The wild birds commonly found in Camphire are the robin, crow, blackbird, thrush, sparrow, swallow, cuckoo, starling, skylark, pigeon and wood-cock.
    The robin remains with us all the year around, and in summer builds her nest in a hole in the
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    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Tomás Ó Núnáin
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Camphire, Co. Waterford