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School: Ballykelly

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Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 261

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    are wished a happy life. If they are rich a barrel of beer is there and the neighbours are given some to drink. Generally the dance is called "A Scrap Dance because they use up all the scraps left over after the weddings
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  2. Local Marriage Customs

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    Shrove is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It is called Shrove Tuesday. People made it a great feast day of pancakes. A ring was put into each cake and whoever got it was said to get married in that year. Pegs were also put into them and whoever got a peg was said to be an old maid or bacholer.
    All the young boys and girls in villiages went to one house and they danced and sang. Sometimes it was a wedding feast. Boys dressed themselves up in old
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mick Dempsey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bowling Green, Co. Wexford