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School: Cnoc an Iubhair (B.)

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Kealid, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0405, Page 199

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    Shrove time is at hand but it is so different from the Shorve in olden times. Now every thing is so modern, it is all motors and all style. In the olden time the bride went to the Chapel on horseback and came home with her husband riding "Cúl-Óg". The wedding were very large, great feasting and drinking, and at night great crowds of "strawboys" visited the wedding house. When they entered the house the captin first asked for the bride and her husband and offered their congratulation. They then took the bride for a dance, after, which a drink was given to all the straw-boys, and then they left for home. In those days the bride wore a long cloak with a hood of heavy material and a plain dress.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jeremiah Clancy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Informant
    Jeremiah Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Kealid, Co. Kerry