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School: Castlebridge (C.) (roll number 16382)

Location:
Castlebridge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mrs E. Shortall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0884, Page 033

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    would have another spree with plenty of Whiskey and grog.
    The " straw boys" used to go to the weddings disguised and dressed in different attire and have horns mostly bottles with the bottoms out of them. They always got entertainment.
    In olden times young men called "black men" used to go around to the houses also and before they came they would blacken their faces with polish or soot and when they would enter the houses they would take anything they would lay
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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 Morris
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Ryan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Ballytramon, Co. Wexford