School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)

Location:
Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 309

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 309

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    As soon as they were gone the woman got the staff and hit it against the flag and the cow disappeared and a deer came instead.
    The woman ran after the monks and gave them the staff, and said she was sorry and the gave her the cow again.
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  2. When people get married the old people have a lot of "Pishroges" about the clothes they should wear and the day they should get married. The old people say that when the pair are getting married they should wear "something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue."
    When a boy is getting married his father and some of the neighbours make a match for him and if
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kevin Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockloskeraun, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Knockloskeraun, Co. Clare