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School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (C.) (roll number 9686)

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Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Bean Uí Uallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 094

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    used to visit the house. Those were boys who used dress up in old clothes and come to the houses without being asked they used Sing and dance for the people and when they would get something to eat they would go away again.
    A Month after the marriage when the bride would be returning home to her own house the [?] were taken from under the carriage and the people and the people would pull it home this was known as the "Hauling Home"
    Long ago the (people us) Husband and Wife used to sit on a house and race home to the feast.
    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)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Kathleen Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castleconnell, Co. Limerick