1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Moyne (C.)

School: Moyne (C.) (roll number 13990)

Location:
Moyne, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Uí Tháibh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0767, Page 006

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0767, Page 006

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: Moyne (C.)
  2. XML Page 006
  3. XML “The Local Wedding”

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. The Local Wedding

    Share Share Post
    Long ago after the Bride and Groom came from the Chapel there was spreeing and dancing and eating and drinking carried on. If they could get a few cars they went to the town for a drive as cars were scarce. It was not easy to get them. They remained in the town for a couple of hours eating and drinking and dancing to give them time to prepare the dinner. When they left the town it would be to see who would have the smartest horse on the road. There was a crowd of horsemen to see who would arrive at the house as they had a bottle of whiskey for the man who was at the house first. The man who got the bottle of whiskey treated the Bride and
    (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
    Martha Masterson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumury, Co. Longford
    Informant
    James Masterson
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    63
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Drumury, Co. Longford