School: Baile 'n tSléibhe (B.) (roll number 1344)
- Location:
- Cornalee, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máirtín Mac Conchradha
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- (continued from previous page)The friends, relatives, + neighbours then commenced an endless number of sprees - suppers - as they were called were made for the married couple + families. Sometimes as many as a dozen or more. Drinking, dancing + singing were carried out until day-light in the morning. As Shrove-tide the time at which all marriages took place-, was a rather idle time of the year, there was ample time for the entertainments.(continues on next page)