School: Coillíní Carrowkelly (roll number 7054)

Location:
Culleens, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Ó Brádaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0146, Page 113

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  1. Marriages are celebrated from Shrove until Shrove Tuesday but no marriages are held during the holy period of Lent with the exception of St Patricks day.
    Easter is also a great period for marriages and Easter Sunday and the following forthnight is a famous time for marriages.
    When the people get married the straw-boys usually gather in, and they make the married couple dance and sometimes drink is stolen.
    There are old customs. The following are done in my district.
    When the two who are getting married are leaving to get married the tongs is flung
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary A. Harrison
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowkelly, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Martin Harrison
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Carrowkelly, Co. Mayo