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

School: Benbawn

Location:
Binbane, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Gillespie
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1019, Page 156

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1019, Page 156

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: Benbawn
  2. XML Page 156
  3. XML “Travelling Folk”
  4. 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. Travelling Folk (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    sleeps in William Mc Fleever quarry hole and I do not know where Thomas O'neil sleeps.
    Huey Causgrobh has a small white poney and trap, and Thomas O'neil has a walking stick and a black had and a big black beard and her can sing lovely songs.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Local Marriage Customs

    Share Share Post
    Local Marriage Customs.
    There are a lot of people married in this country. Marriages take place among the Roman Catolics frequently before Lent, and among Protestants at the end of June.
    Roman Catolics get married before Lent or after Lent. They nearly always get married on Tuesday or Saturday. There is a lot of match making in this country.
    There is a rhyme about the days you get married on.
    Monday for health,
    Tuesday for wealth
    Wednesday the best day of all.
    Thursday for losses,
    (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
    Sarah Wall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drummartin, Co. Cavan