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    get a bottle of whiskey. When a widow and widower got married they are sounded for a few nights after the marriage. Horns are blown or the bottom is taken out of a bottle and is blown through.
    Rosie Daly Corbetstown
    gave us most of this She is about 6H yrs now (1938)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Rosie Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 64
    Address
    Corbetstown, Co. Offaly