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School: Tullyvin

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Tulaigh Bhinn, Co. an Chabháin
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M. Feeney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 423

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    and if they get money they go to a public house and drink the worth of it.
    Those attending weddings used to race against each other on horseback and the winner who reached the brides house first got a prize of a five-naggin bottle of whiskey.
    When "straw-boys" were not welcome they used to run away with the traps and carts of the visitors and also pull the thatch off the house if it was a thatched one.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. deasghnátha aistrithe saoil (~573)
          1. pósadh (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena B. Fox
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corgreagh, Co. an Chabháin