School: Ballinagore (C.) (roll number 16341)
- Location:
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Miss A. Heduan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 210
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and singing and making merry. Sometimes the "huggadas" or straw boys disguised with masks and dressed in bizarre clothes. Each member of the party dances the bride. The hosts usually "treats" the uninvited visitors and they drink the health of the newly wedded pair.
It is considered a sign of luck if the bride receives a tea pot as a gift.
The bride must bury something made of iron, a pot, pan or griddle with her marriage money.
On the homeward journey should the first met be a male the first child will be a male.
Angle Curley collected above stores from her neighbours in Ballinagore. She is a school child aged 14.
- Collector
- Angela Curley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
