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School: Drom Mór (C.), Malla (roll number 13780)

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Dromore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
M. Uí Uallaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369D, Page 02_017

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    unlucky if the bride looks at herself in a mirror on her wedding morning.
    In the olden times the dances or feasts that were held after the weddings, the straw-boys came. They were called straw boys because they dressed themselves up in sheaves of straw and blackened their faces so that they were not known by anyone. They came to the dance and danced and sang and drank and then they went away again.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret O' Keeffe
    Gender
    Female