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School: Lurga (roll number 12574)

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Lurga, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraig Ó Fogartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0317

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    house all night dancing and all the men would be drunk going home.
    When the girl would be married four weeks she would go to her house and she would gather a crowd of men and women and they would be dancing all day and night and they be eating and drinking and enjoying themselves until morning.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Fahey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carhoon, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Jack Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Address
    Termon, Co. Galway