School: Gowran (C.)
- Location:
- Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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- Local Marriage Customes
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A lot of people used to be married on Tuesday they used to appoint a place and then in the night they used to give sprees and then straw boys used to come. They used to be dressed up in coloured clothes & they used to have paper faces they used to have long shirts down to their heels. The people that would be getting married would give money to the priest.
Pupils Name
Nan Brennan
Sheafield
Gowran
Co Kilkenny
Told by
Mrs Brennan
Erals Bog
Gowran
Co. Kilkenny
Aged 80 yrs
- Collector
- Nan Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sheafield South, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mrs Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Earlsbog Commons, Co. Kilkenny
