School: Coillíní Carrowkelly (roll number 7054)
- Location:
- Culleens, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Ó Brádaigh
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- 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(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary A. Harrison
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowkelly, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Martin Harrison
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Carrowkelly, Co. Mayo