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School: Edengorra (roll number 9597)

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Edengora, Co. Meath
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Michael Hetherton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0709, Page 333

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    forehead for good luck. When the couple were getting married people would steal in and tie cans, buckets etc to the horses legs which the bride and bridegroom rode home.
    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
    Máire Finnegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cormeen, Co. Meath
    Informant
    James Skelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Cormeen, Co. Meath