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School: Magheross (roll number 10695)

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Magheross, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Aoife Ní Shíomons
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0935, Page 048

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    An old custom in the locality is to "kettle" newly married people more especially if the bride and groom are elderly. This kettling is done by the neighbours when there is no "spree" at the wedding.
    A real "kettling" is composed of horn blowing for a certain time; next comes rattling of of cans and horns of all sorts. You can understand that each boy coming to rattle would have the best way he could of making noise.
    Next comes the cheering and booing mixed with laughing and all kinds of language. When a crowd of lads would gather round a house with
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Riburn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Barndonagh, Co. Monaghan