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School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)

Location:
Lanesborough, Co. Longford
Teacher:
E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 025

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 025

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    her parents house for a month. So after the wedding all the people would be giving them presents and parties and often those parties would last for three months.
    I forgot to mention that the night of the wedding a lot of men would come dressed up and they would be called strawboys.
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  2. Marriage Customs

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    In olden times people used to get married different than now. They used to go in the evening to get married and they used to walk to the Chapel. when they would be married they would leave the Chapel and the boss would leave the Chapel first.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Gibbons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonfore, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr John Gibbons
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64
    Address
    Cloonfore, Co. Longford