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School: Soran, Longford (roll number 14683)

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Soran, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Wilfred O'Callaghan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0759, Page 207

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    would be baked so the men would do so. The next Sunday was called "Puss Sunday" because the girls were vexed because they could not get married until Lent was over.
    The "Runaway Marriages" always took place around this time. When a boy and a girl intended to get married and their fathers and mothers did not wish them to marry, the boy brought the girl to a friend's house and she stopped there for three weeks. Then the were married. The best man and a married woman would go to take her home.
    That night there was a spree in the house called the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Shrovetide (~188)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Lee
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Soran, Co. Longford
    Informant
    James Mollaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    79
    Address
    Soran, Co. Longford