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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 271

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    to the church in his car. When the marriage would be over three horse-men would start from the church and the first that would arrive at the wedding house would obtain a bottle of whiskey for his trouble. The bride would not go to her new home for a week or more. The old people would say that she would have no luck if she went home too soon after her marriage. Neither bride nor bride-groom would go to Mass the following Sunday after their marriage. If they did so it was believed that they would have neither a son nor a daughter.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    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