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School: Ring, Dalahasey (roll number 9111)

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Ring Commons, Co. Dublin
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M. Ní Reachtaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0783, Page 17

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    the bride and her husband seeing who will be in first and whoever is in first will be boss in the house. And when weddings take place there is a feast in the house of the bride, but generally the feast is held in a hotel in Dublin because there is alot of motor=cars and it is near Dublin but I never heard of any straw-boys in our locality at weddings but I have heard of them in other localities.
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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
    Joseph Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Dermotstown, Co. Dublin