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School: Ballynacargy (C.) (roll number 7893)

Location:
Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Óda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 403

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    Marriage at the present day is a very prosaie affair and is not attended with the same feasting and merry-making as formerly. After the religious Ceremony in the church is over and the appearance and dress of the bride has been viewed and favourably or adversely commented on by the inquisitive females who who congregate in the vicinity of the Church, the hub-hub is practically over. The bride and bridegroom usually retire to the Metropolis for days before they return to the homestead where
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Barry
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath