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Local Marriage Customs

The marriage of my uncle and aunt took place a year ago in the parish of Balla, in the month of April. They had 4 motorcars and thirty of the nearest relations with them.

INFORMANT: Mrs Ruane, Age 50, Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo

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A Tailor

About seventy years ago there was a tailor in Fargureens on the Parish of Balla in the barony of Carra named Micheal Reilly. He was never called but "Micheal an tailliúir."

INFORMANT: Mrs Kearns, Age 40, Manulla, Co. Mayo

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Landlords

Sir Robert Lynch Bloose who lived in Ball about 35 years ago was a Land-Lord. His wife Lady Harriet was born in Westport.

INFORMANT: Mary Mc Donnell, Age 77, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo

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A Lightning Storm

One night about sixty years ago a great lightning storm arose. There was an old man and an old woman in Roxtown near Balla.

INFORMANT: Mary Mc Donnell Age, 76 Prison North, Co. Mayo

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A Holy Well

Long ago there was a holy well in Galway with a wall round it.

One day a woman washed her feet in it, and the following morning it had changed down to the town of Balla.
INFORMANT: Mary McDonnell, Age 77, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo

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