School: Ceapach an tSeagail

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1. Marriage Customs (continued)

   

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   They believe it is lucky to borrow three articles or wearing. These are the articles:
   "Something old and something new
   Something borrowed and something blue."
   When the married pair would be going home from the church the people used to throw rice and old shoes after them for luck.

   

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2. Homemade Toys

   

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   Home-made Toys I have seen my father make a little wooden man which he called a "dancing master." He first got a thin board about a quarter of an inch in thickness. He cut out a piece representing the head and body shaping a tall hat on the head. He next cut out a pieces for the thighs, legs, and arms. All these he joined together by

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   1. gníomhaíochtaí
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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary T. Monaghan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ceapaigh an tSeagail, Co. na Gaillimhe