School: Drumraney (roll number 13571)
- Location:
- Drumraney, Co. Westmeath
- Teachers: Ml Mc Garry Alice Mc Garry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 619
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- Many games were played at wakes long ago and this is one of them. One man used to pretend to be a priest and go through the marriage ceremonies as he was marrying them.
One time the priest went to a house in which there was a wake and he was dressed in plane clothes. He picked out two people an old man and a young girl and he married them. Then he told them who he was, so this put an end to this game.
- Collector
- Teresa Allen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bryanmore Upper, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Patrick Nally
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Kilkenny West, Co. Westmeath
