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IN IRELAND, A PERSON WAS THE CHIEF OF THE CLAN UNTIL
HE WAS DEPOSED BY HIS SON, BY BEATING HIS FATHER IN A
SWORD FIGHT IN WHICH ONE OF THEM WAS KILLED. OR
BY HIS ELDEST SON WHEN THE CHIEF DIED.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HIS DAD IN 1964-65, BUT
THE TRADITION GOES BACK TO BEFORE THE MIDDLE AGES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; IRELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-15-1970