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School: Baile Mór Síl Anmchadha (Laurencetown)

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Laurencetown, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cogaidhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0055, Page 0184

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  2. XML Page 0184
  3. XML “Local Marriage Customs”
  4. XML “Superstitions in connection with Marriages”

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  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

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    T Connoly L'town
    Strawboys - Men disguised with sheaves of straw visited during the feast and were hospitably treated. If the marriage was unpopular horns were sound convenient to the house. The Strawboys are now extinct in this district.
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  2. Superstitions in connection with Marriages

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
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    English