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School: Camdhoire (roll number 14573)

Location:
Camderrynabinnia, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Ní Dhubhchon
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    People marry in June and July. It is said that May is an unlucky month in which to get married. Long ago it was the custom for the young people who were to be married used to ride on horseback to the Church.
    Both bride and bride groom wore "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue,"
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Michael Costello
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Camderrynabinnia, Co. Mayo