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School: Knocknagilla

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 260

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    approach the houses, they give three wild cheers. Then some of the people hand them out either money, or drink, and, if satisfied, they go away. It was the custom that all wives were brought home by their husbands.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghadreenagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Charles Tierney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghadreenagh, Co. Cavan