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School: Charleville, Tullamore

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Charleville Demesne, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Ó Bhealóg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0808, Page 044

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  3. XML “Marriage Customs”
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  1. Marriage Customs

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bessie Sagnall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonminch, Co. Offaly

  2. Marriage Customs

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    Long ago people used to dress up a man in straw; and they used to light a fire in a field and tie ropes around it and make the people stand around it and make the man that was dressed in straw walk around
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