School: An Clochán (roll number 7777)
- Location:
- Cloghans Hill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 113
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- (continued from previous page)brother led the way going to the chapel. When the pair were wedded they started for home. Now the man and wife rode together on one horse. She was sitting in a pillion behind the man.
One horse - man from the girl's side would haste another horse - man from the mans side. They had a pisreog that the first man who would be home first and the last one would die first. They also had an other pisreog. It was the first person who would be out of the chapel first was the longest that would live.
It was a lucky pisreog to be dressed in blue. It was another lucky one two magpies to hopp on the road before them.
At the night of the wedding there was great feasting, drinking(continues on next page)
- Collector
- M. D. Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curramore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Thomas Reilly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curramore, Co. Mayo
