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School: Baile Mhic Citheóla (roll number 14759)

Location:
Ballymackeehola, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Mac Giolla Bharraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0145, Page 270

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  1. Wedding Customs

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    Wedding Customs, 20-5-1938
    When a couple get married now-a-days they employ a car to take them to the church in the morning. The married couple also are accompanied by their friends. When the marriage is over the bride and bride-groom come home to celebrate the wedding breakfast. After a while the house is prepared for a dance. Then the married couple go on their honeymoon for a week or so.
    But in the past, fifty or sixty years ago, marriage customs were entirely different. Instead of motor-cars there were vehicles known as “jaunting cars”. The bride-groom would call at the bride’s house and take her
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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
    Kathleen O' Boyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fahy, Co. Mayo