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School: Drumandoora N.S. (roll number 12123)

Location:
Drom an Dúdhoire, Co. an Chláir
Teachers:
Liam Mac Aodhaire Liam Airley
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  1. Folklore - On Marriages

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    26th January 1937
    Folklore.
    On Marriages.
    Shrove is the time for contracting marriages.Shrove begins after Christmas and ends on Ash Wednesday.When a few aged men would be sitting around the fire in the Shrove nights.They would draw down a match about some young boy and girl .When they would have all finished up they would brig the boy to the girls house and settle on the fortune.They would kill a few geese and have a
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    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. deasghnátha aistrithe saoil (~573)
          1. pósadh (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Hurley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leathnocht, Co. an Chláir
    Informant
    Thomas Hurley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leathnocht, Co. an Chláir