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School: Tearmonn, Cill Chaoi

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Termon West, Co. Clare
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Máire Ní Chathaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0628, Page 221

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    that night.
    People usually went in sidecars or on horseback to marriages. The women went on horseback behind the men as there was a kind of seat made with hair and called a pillion.
    It was fastened by a girt to the ordinary saddle for the women. Then at a wedding a number of boys dressed like wRen Boys and called Strawboys or Bacac's came in at different times of the night congratulating the married couple.
    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
    Collector
    Margaret Garvey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisdeen, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Hurst
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    66
    Address
    Lisdeen, Co. Clare