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School: Gráinleathan (C.) (roll number 15664)

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Garranlahan, Co. Roscommon
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Cáit Ní Uaithne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0247, Page 127

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    Marriages now-a-days are not the same as long ago. When people used be getting married, they used ride on horses, but now they go in motor cars. When a couple is getting married, they will have to go to the Priest, and give him three days notice. The night before they get married, the boy comes to the Bride's house, for the fortune. On that night, some of her friends, come
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Greene
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mary Glennon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    94
    Address
    Rathlena, Co. Roscommon