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School: Baile Ruadh (Cailíní)

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Ballyroe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Fhearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0013, Page 182

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    as she is. Then the ther party praise the boy. He is a fine man and a good safe place and he could have plenty of girls but he liked this one better than any of them.
    They get married then on the day appointed. All friends are invited a plentiful supper of whiskey, porter, and all kinds of eatables are got. When they come home from the Church they kneel at the door and the wedding cake is cut over their heads.
    After this they all have supper then the music and dance starts. Some-times the young boys around the place dress up in old clothes and straw and go to the wedding house they all dance a round one of them dance with the Bride then they get porter.
    Lucy Gunning,
    Derrywode, Williamstown.
    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)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Lucy Ní Conaing
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrywode, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Micheál Ó Chonaing
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 40
    Address
    Williamstown, Co. Galway