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School: Aughacashel (roll number 15356)

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Aghacashel, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Joseph Conifry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 430

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    leather" from the wedding house to the town. If the driving was furious going it was more so coming home, and it was not an uncommon thing for horses to fall from weakness and over-work on these occasions. The drivers were generally the worse of drink, and so was every man in the crowd as well. I remember once a couple of cars coming to grief coming round Doherty's turn. The belly-band of one outfit broke, and that car load was thrown on the road, the next party took a short turn to avoid those that had fallen, with the result that horse was thrown, and the car overturned. A couple of the party on each car got bad wounds.
    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
    Joseph Conifry
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Informant
    Thomas Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bunrevagh, Co. Leitrim