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School: Port Omna (B) (roll number 2174)

Location:
Portumna, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0057, Page 0176

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    around would get bottles and knock the bottom out of them and go out on a hill near the house and blow through them this was called horning har.
    Now the marriage is over and the girl has to work hard for the farmer to pay the marriage debts. If the girl was to go out and look for a year and a day she would not see half the animals and crops she saw before she got married.
    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
    Aulbran V. Couser
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Portumna, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Miss B. Conlon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Portumna, Co. Galway