School: Island Parish
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Seán Ó Móráin
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- Well: it is the custom for some young men to dress up like wren boys and spend some time dancing and singing in the house where there is a Wedding They are known by the name of "Straw Boys". It is also the custom of some people to throw rice on the married couple when they are leaving the Chapel.(continues on next page)
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- Collector
- Bridget Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Joseph Clancy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilpatrick, Co. Offaly