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School: Ballintemple, Woodenbridge

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Ballintemple, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Annie Summerville
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0926, Page 022

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0926, Page 022

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  1. Local Graveyards (continued)

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  2. The Marriage Customs

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    When there is a marriage around here it is a custom that some people go around blowing horns and beating drums the night before the wedding. They also throw sacks down the chimneys of the houses. They used to drive side carts to the Chapel and there would be twenty or thirty men on horse backs riding in front of them and
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