School: Collon (roll number 14579)
- Location:
- Collon, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhathúna
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 177
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“It was a custom when the bride and bridegroom came to the gate of their home to hand him a five naggin bottle of whiskey from which he drank a drop, then handing it to the bride, after that the bridegroom, taking the bottle threw it against the peer of th”
(continued from previous page)a drop, then handing it to the bride, after that the bridegroom, taking the bottle threw it against the peer of the gate, saying may we be happy if the bottle does not break it is supposed ill luck shall follow them.
When going in the door somebody meets them and throws a handful of bread crumbs at them saying, may you never want.
Another custom was the bestman snatching a kiss of the bride after the wedding ceremony that was a sign to guard her against faithlessness.
Another very old one was the coming of the strawboys to the house on the night of the wedding. There were boys dressed up in straw and blackened. They danced and sang if well treated but if not made things very uncomfortable for the wedding(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy O' Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drogheda Road, Co. Louth