School: Saints Peter & Paul, Balbriggan
- Location:
- Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chorcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0783, Page 411
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- We have lots of weddings around our district. Usually when weddings occur the couple gets many presents. Sometimes the girls father gives her a dowry or fortune according to what he can afford. Stock is never given as dowry now in Balbriggan. Marriages generally take place here before Lent.
The bride usually wears a white wedding frock and the men wear flowers in their coats. Often the marriage people wait for hem out side the Church and throw con-fetti at the bride and bridegroom. Then they are driven home in a motor car.
Their friends usually prepare a feast for them. A great number of people are invited to the wedding breakfast. Many of them sing and the young girls dance. The wedding lasts until one or two o clock in the morning. They sing and dance to their heart’s delight.
- Collector
- Sally Mooney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr Clinch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
