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School: Rooskey (roll number 4800)

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Roosky, Co. Roscommon
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Luke Caslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 085

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    commenced. During the night the house was visited by wren-boys and they danced with the people of the house. During the night they got refreshments.
    In the morning the man took home his wife, and this was called the dragging home. This is the way Mr. Thomas Owens told me about marriage customs.
    Annie Mc Cormack.
    Ruskey,
    Co. Roscommon.
    14 Jan. '38
    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
    Annie Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Roosky, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Owens
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    83
    Address
    Roosky New, Co. Roscommon