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School: Duleek (C.) (roll number 3114)

Location:
Duleek, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0683, Page 070

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    If one of the married couple had been previously married it was customary for the youth of the neighbourhood to congregate and blow horns around his house and make various noises of this kind. This they called "horning" they often climbed to the roof of the house and covered the chimney top to prevent the smoke from getting out.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English