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School: An Cnoc (B.) (roll number 16122)

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Knock, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0108, Page 237

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    The marriage problem of today is entirely different to what it was in our grandfathers' time. In those days the marriage was arranged and everybody knew it for almost a month or so before hand. Every side car in the village was got ready for the "drag" as it was called, and the horses got extra corn to have them ready for the drive. Sometimes there were fifteen or twenty cars at a big "drag". Before this the people used [to] ride on horseback. This was before cars came into existence.
    The people did not
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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
    Tobias Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Drum, Co. Mayo