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School: Seefin (B. & C.) (roll number 12874)

Location:
Seefin, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
James P. Byrne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096G, Page 02_018

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    dowry stock or goods are not given. On wedding days when the people see the dragon coming, they light sheaves of straw and hang them on hay-forks. A wedding feast is held in the house of the married couple. Strawboys visit the house of the married couple playing music with fiddles, and melodeon. The strawboys does be dressed with old clothes and a shave of straw pulled down on their heads. They strawboys get a glass of whiskey from the married
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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
    Patrick Cunningham
    Gender
    Male