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    This cake is cut by the bridge. When night arrives “straw boys” visit the house. “Straw boys” mean boys who are not invited to the wedding but dress in suits of straw and go to the house of the bridegroom and there they dance and sing for a little while and they depart home again unknown.
    Nellie Murphy, Glounamuckla, Newmarket, Co. Cork
    Obtained from my father Michael Murphy (age) 45 years
    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
    Nellie Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glennamucklagh East, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Michael Murphy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Glennamucklagh East, Co. Cork