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School: Fermoyle, Lanesboro (roll number 13321)

Location:
Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
Teacher:
S. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 217

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    and feasting goes on until the next morning. They have sweet cakes, a wedding cake, roasted fowl, and fowl.
    When the groom takes the bride to his own house, this is called the “hauling home” Nearly all the guests bring a present to the bride.
    When they are married a month the bride goes back to her own home for a week. Then when she is leaving her mother gives her a new feather bed.
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  2. Local Marriage Customs

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    Marriages usually take place during Shrove in this district. Shrove Tuesday is sometimes called pancake Tuesday because people used to make and eat pancakes on that night.
    Monday or Wednesday were supposed to be the luckiest days for marriage and Thursday and Friday are supposed to be unlucky days.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lily Killian
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Formoyle (Farrell), Co. Longford
    Informant
    Luke Killian Jr
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Formoyle (Farrell), Co. Longford