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School: Ballyboghill

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Ballyboghil, Co. Dublin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 391

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    thrown about them. This is a very old custom and it is customary to do it everywhere.
    If people are engaged for a long time on the night of the wedding horns are blown by the young men of the district. The object being to annoy the married pair.
    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
    Kathleen Finnegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Murragh, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mrs Finnegan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Herd's wife
    Address
    Murragh, Co. Dublin