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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

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Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 229

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    Local marriage customs
    The marriages of long ago used to take place on shrove Tuesday but not again until Easter Monday. The people thought it unlucky to get married on the on the feast of the holy innocent of on the month of May.
    It was considered unlucky to get married during shrove tide. If a man wanted to get married to a girl and her parents were not willing to give a fortune then he would run away with her and would not marry her until the fortune would be given. Three or four matches took place round here some
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kate Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Kilgarriff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo