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School: Cill Bheoláin (C.), Áth an Mhuilinn, Ráth Luirc

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Kilbolane, Co. Cork
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Siobhán, Bean Uí Mhurchadha
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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    People do not get married on Mondays, Wendnesdays or Fridays because it is unlucky. When they go match making one party sends an account to the other and after that they walk the land, and arrange money. The Bride groom and the bride will not leave the same house on the marriage day for they think it unlucky. Every poor person that they meet that day they give them money. Straw boys are not so common as they were long ago. They used to dress up as Straw boys and go around to the house where the marriage was, and make the people give them drink.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milford, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Bridget O' Connell
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    53
    Address
    Milford, Co. Cork