School: Kildalkey (B.) (roll number 867)
- Location:
- Kildalkey, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Muiris Ó Fearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 079
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- (continued from previous page)were robbers. They went for the Police and when the Police came they found they were straw boys. The people long ago attending weddings on horseback used to race one another home and they thought it a great thing to pass their neighbour on the road. The way they used to go to the chapel to get married long ago was in a carried drawn by two horses. The custom was to hang an old boot on the back of the carriage and if they lost the boot they would die soon, and if not they would live a long time. John Pender, 10 June, 1938.Told by Mrs. Pender, Balatalion, Kildalkey.
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- Collector
- Thomas Corrigan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Corrigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonylogan, Co. Meath
