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School: Páirc Árd (High Park) (roll number 11431)

Location:
Carrowgilhooly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0169, Page 259

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    It is a custom for a male member of the family to go to a piece of the road and meet the cars on his return so as to leave luck to the marriage party. Straw boys visit the house at night dressed in
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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
    Kathleen Browne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowbrickeen, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Browne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    56
    Address
    Carrowbrickeen, Co. Sligo