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School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)

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Lanesborough, Co. Longford
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E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 026

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 026

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    Then they would go home and would have a great feast they used to kill a lamb or a calf and they would have wine and whiskey also and nearly all the people would be drunk. Sometimes they used to go for a drive and would have sidecars then they would come back and be up all night. when they would be going to get married the bride-groom would not see the bride until the morning of the wedding. It was lucky for her to wear something borrowed or something blue. It is not supposed to be lucky for the bride to go back to her mother's house for a month after the marriage. The groom would go to the bride's parents and if they hadn't enough of money he would take cattle and pigs, when they would be married, all their friends would meet them at the church.
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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