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School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)

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Aghagower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Hannah T. Kevilla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 06_014

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  1. Marriage Customs

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    In this district the people usually get married on Wednesdays Long ago when there were no motor cars they got side cars and when they were passing a village, the people played fiddles. The bride and the bridegroom sat on the one car on the way home. On that night straw boys came to the house and they had straw hats and they blackened their faces The captain came in first and he gave a speech and they got plenty of drink.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lackaun, Co. Mayo