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School: Cluain Catha (roll number 16291)

Location:
Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
Teachers:
Dll. Ó Módhráin Ss. Mac Eoghain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0252, Page 410

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    (continued from previous page)
    was given as a fortune either.
    Marriages took place in the houses long ago but hardly any of the present people remember it.
    Wedding feasts were always held on the marriage and straw boys generally visited them. They dressed in long old-fashioned clothes, high hats and plaits of straw down their back. They used to bring their own music with them and the people always looked forward to their coming. They never took drink at weddings.
    The crowd of straw boys would appoint a captain over them and he would direct them while they danced and enjoyed themselves.
    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
    Rita Sweeney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Michael Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Ballyduffy, Co. Roscommon