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School: Taite Buí (Blackstaff)

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Tattyboy, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
B. Mac Bhloscaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0932, Page 306

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    the “Bride’s” Sunday. On the following market day the groom bought her a new dress, and she wore it to Mass the next Sunday.
    A man on horseback always rode with the wedding. When coming home he rode in front and had the bottle of whiskey ready at the bottom of the lane to hand to the groom before it was broken.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English