School: Punt Abhann (Pontoon)

Location:
Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Anastasia Ní Chonaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 425

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 425

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  1. Marriages are held in this district at Shrove time. If a granhog runs across the road before the people who are going to get married they say that they will have bad luck. If they hear a hen crowing in the morning they will kill her because it is for bad luck. When they are coming home they will light a sheaf of straw for good luck. If they see two hens fighting outside the door they say it is for bad luck.
    The lucky days to get married are Thuesday and Thursday. Matches are made sometimes. When the man goes match-making he takes a bottle of whiskey with him. He sets the expected father-in-law drunk so that he will give his daughter easily
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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 Bourke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo