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School: Baile Máirtín, Muine Beag

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Baile Mháirtín, Co. Cheatharlach
Teacher:
Bean an Bhreathnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0904, Page 566

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    away on a honeymoon the date of their return is not known.
    The straw boys or "colicks" as they are locally called, dress very fantastically, sometimes in the queerest dress imaginable. They disguise their vioces so as not to be known and during the night they are entertained and given food in the home of the newly married.
    Long ago in our grandparents' time carriages were used to bring the guests, and each rode against each other so as to see who would have the finest and fleetest horses. No one of those I asked ever heard of the wives sitting on the horses with their husbands.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. deasghnátha aistrithe saoil (~573)
          1. pósadh (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Baile Mháirtín, Co. Cheatharlach