School: Westland (roll number 8428)

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1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

   

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   of drink.
   That kind of thing has nearly all stopped as drink has got so expensive and money has got so scarce
   There was a weding at the "Stone wall" beside Bailieboro. The bridegroom was John Miller. A man named Pat Jackson and his five sons went dressed up as "Granyoges" (I dont know the spelling but this is the way it is pronounced). They were great fighters. They planned to get all the drink to themselves. The father told the son he would put him up for a speech. So he put him upon a barrel and then pulled the barrel from underneath his feet. The father told him to hit the first man he met. The row began and the father and the four sons beat all at the weding, brought the quarter barrel of porter into a field and drank it, and the next morning the five

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. rites of passage (~573)
            1. marriage (~4,283)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Doris Ormiston

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mullagh, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Mr W. Ormiston

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Mullagh, Co. Cavan