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School: Kilavoggy (roll number 2178)

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Killavoggy, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0202, Page 025

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    Long ago in Ireland marriages used to take place before lent. People would not get married Friday or Saturday as they thought those days unlucky. In those days they used to walk to the chapel to be married. then they would invite their friends to the marriage feast and it was the custom that the boys around who would not be asked to the wedding feast would meet and change clothes with each other and make hats of straw and pull them down on their faces and disguise themselves and go to the wedding house and dance and amuse themselves for a few hours and then leave for home. They were called the strawboys.
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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
    Alice Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Garvagh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    James Dolan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Garvagh, Co. Leitrim