School: Páirc an Éadain (Facefield)

Location:
Facefield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 205

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  1. Since the eighteenth century marriages frequently took place on Shrove Tuesday. June is considered to be the luckiest month of the year to be married in, and Wednesday the luckiest day of the week.
    Money is given as a dowry; and when people can afford to give enough money, some stock is given. But if the bride is supposed to be good looking, she does not have to get much of a dowry. Her face is her fortune. Some times if a man saw a girl whom he wished to make his wife, and her parents were not agreeable to such a match, he kidnapped her and locked her in his house, or that of a friend, until her parents had to give their
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brighidh Nich Eochaidh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr John Joyce
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinlough, Co. Mayo