1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Balrath

School: Balrath (roll number 9770)

Location:
Balrath, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Oirghiall
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 109

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 109

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Balrath
  2. XML Page 109
  3. XML “Local Marriage Customs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    married in the night. These were called run away marriages.
    The girls had to wear a black bonnet after the wedding to show they were married.
    They went home on side cars. They did not go anywhere on their honey moon.
    Band beggars would gather around the door of the bride's house on the wedding night playing horns and bugles made out of bottles or tins.
    This is what is said about the lucky day to get married.
    Monday for health
    Tuesday for wealth
    Wednesday the best day of all
    Thursday for losses
    Friday for crosses
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Mary Bannon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Johnstown, Co. Westmeath