School: Toomore (roll number 16401)
- Location:
- Toomore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0154, Page 103
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- (continued from previous page)of the fellow".
"Married in white sure to fight."
"Married in black will be glad to come back."
Wedding. On the night of the marriage there is a party held in the man's house, and the neighbours and friends assemble there.
Strawboys. Sometimes the strawboys come and they dance and sing. They are dressed in an old suit of clothes and a straw hat with straw also tied round their waits. A number of them come together and there is one leading them
This is known a cleathaireacht in my district.
