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1. Games I Play

   

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   Games I Play (continued) The game I play is pitch and toss. This is played by putting up a stone called a "spud." Then pitch a penny and the person's penny that goes nearest to the "spud" can toss the pennies and if the person heads them he can keep them but if he harps them the next person tosses them and so on.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
         2. rites of passage (~573)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Jennings

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cappataggle, Co. Galway

2. Local Marriage Customs

   

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   Local Marriage Customs
   In Shrove marriages used to take place most frequently. In olden times Shrove was called "Scraft."
   May is thought unlucky for marriage, and Wednesday was thought unlucky long ago.
   The man who intended to get married would bring another man to ask the girl of her parents. He would also bring a bottle of whiskey.
   It could happen that the man would be old and the girl very young. The girl might have never seen the

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