School: Derryvoney

Location:
Derryvony, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mary Ní Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0970, Page 099

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0970, Page 099

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Morton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryvony, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    M. Rudden
    Address
    Derryvony, Co. Cavan
  2. Wednesday is the beset day for marrying. Frank Kennedy was the last man to get married about two years ago. When the straw men were going home they went up to the top of a big hill and burned the straw. The straw men went to town and brought drink to some house and drank it and they danced and sang all the night. They had motors - cars.
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