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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

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Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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    be ready and then they would start galloping all of them together and they would never stop until they would reach the man's house. They would try to see who would be at the house first but they usually let the man and woman get first to the house, and everyone at that village would be out when they would see the horsemen coming and they would start cheering and shouting. When the man and woman would come and all the rest of horsemen, there would be a big line of straw-boys before them about
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Hugh Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinlough, Co. Mayo