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School: Stabannon, Castlebellingham (roll number 5457)

Location:
Stabannan, Co. Louth
Teacher:
E. Mac Oisín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0671, Page 051

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    Told by Miss B. Byrne 1st March 1938
    Castlebellingham
    Aged 70.
    Retired Nurse.
    Born in Ardee.
    Spent life in Dundalk & Belfast
    Weddings
    Marriages usually take place at the begging of Lent and sometimes before advent. Saturdays and Sundays are thought unlucky for Marriages, as is the month of May. Matches are not now made as a rule in the district. If the man be a farmer he must get a girl with a dowry. Money is almost invariably the dowry. The people do not remember marriages taking place in the houses around here. The wedding feast is held at the home of the bride.
    Straw boys do not now visit the houses but they used long ago. They would dress in women's clothes, or clothes so as to
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    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
    Informant
    Miss B. Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Nurse
    Address
    Castlebellingham, Co. Louth