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School: Ballinacree (C.) (roll number 13966)

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Ballynacree, Co. Meath
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Eibhlín Bean Uí Chonnachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 293

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  1. Weaving (continued)

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    It was put through a wringing machine and hung out to dry.
    It was taken in again to the mill and run through a machine that raises the wool on it. From there it is taken to a clipping machine where all the wool was taken off. It is taken to a press and pressed between hat plates when finished take out rolled up in bales and left ready for the tailor.
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  2. Marriage Customs

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    Marriage Customs
    Told by Joseph Rourke aged 54 years Clonty Duffy, Mount Nugent, Co. Cavan.
    The marriage customs of nowadays are not at all like the marriage customs of long ago.
    The usual custom was that the marriages would take place in the houses. The homes of the married couple would
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tóiréasa Ní Ruairc
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Joseph Rourke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Clontyduffy (Hart), Co. Cavan