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School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 303

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    The father of the bride would give the bridegroom twenty or thirty pounds and some times they would give a calf for luck.
    On horse back they used to go to the church to be married and the wife used to sit behind the husband on the horse, there used to be thirty horses sometimes in a "drag".
    When the married couple would come out of the church the people used
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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
    Margaret T. Lyons
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs. Lyons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Belesker, Co. Mayo