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School: Sruthar (C.)

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Shrule, Co. Mayo
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Bríd, Bean Uí Éanacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0102, Page 156

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    They used to have a great days outing and this was called " an Éirighe Amach".
    Shrove Tuesday was called "Máirt na Smut" because marriageable girls looked cross and sulky at the market on that day, because they were not married during shrove.
    Long ago they used to have cabbage and bacon for the wedding supper. On the wedding night also, boys used to come uninvited but disguised to the wedding. They used to have straw ropes bound around them, and they used to have a tin can for porter which they got from the bridegroom. these boys were called "Stucairí " and sometimes "fir tuighe".
    When the couple were a month married they paid a visit to the girls house, (the months visit) and the girl remained at her old home for a week. After a few weeks the parents of the girl used to come to visit her, and they brought her a large wooden box for holding clothes and also bed-clothes. When they were a year married they got a heifer from the girls father. This was called "colpa spré".
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  2. Weddings and Matchmaking

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    They used to have a great days outing and this was called " an eirige amac".
    Shrove Tuesday was called "Máirt na smut" because marriageable girls looked cross and sulky at the market on that day, because they were not married during shrove.
    Long ago they used to have cabbage and bacon for the wedding supper. On the wedding night also, boys used to come uninvited but disguised to the wedding. They used to have straw ropes bound around them, and they used to have a tin can for porter which they got from the bridegroom. these boys were called "Stucairi " and sometimes "fir tuige".
    When the couple were a month married they paid a visit to the girls house, (the months visit) and the girl remained at her old home for a week. After a few weeks the parents of the girl used to come to visit her, and they brought her a large wooden box for holding clothes and also bed-clothes. When they were a year married they got a heifer from the girls father. This was called "colpa spre".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríghid Ní Mhocháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cahernabrock, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Moughan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Cahernabrock, Co. Mayo