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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

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Lankill, Co. Mayo
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Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 19_065

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  1. The Drag

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    Long long ago when people were getting married there would be seventeen or eighteen horses in a line and that would be called the drag. Six horses would be in front of the seventeen or eighteen horses and the bride would be on one of those six horses and the bridesmaid on another horse and the bridegroom on another horse. Four cooks were left at home to cook and when the man and woman would arrive home after their marriage it would be eight or nine o'clock. Then they would have a feast and their friends would be in one room and the man and bride in another room.m
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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
    Kitty Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanmore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanmore, Co. Mayo