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School: Scoil Naomh Eoin, Bréachmhuigh (roll number 13781)

Location:
Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A.M. Mac Taidhg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089D, Page 11_022

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    cares long ago as there is now a days. There was no fortunes going long ago. The girls got a cow or a pig or if there was a little money to spare they would get it. The fortune the boys would get was that the father would divide the farm of land in three or four parts and give each of them four or five acres each. The weddings that were long ago was pots of cabbage and meat boiled and potatoes and oatmeal
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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
    Máire Ní Dhubhthaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Liam Ó Mhóráin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyshane, Co. Mayo