School: Brittas (roll number 12217)

Location:
Brittas, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 394

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  1. When there is a marriage in this district there is an old boot tied to the back of the car in which the bride is to wish her good luck.
    Another custom is to get the bride's maid to to cut the wedding cake over the bride and bridegroom.
    There is also white stuff called confetti thrown over the married couple.
    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
    Antoine Ó hÉidhín
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brittas, Co. Dublin
  2. A woman was cleaning a window, and five people passed what time was it.? Five (passed) past one.
    What has three feet and cannot walk.? A yard.
    What is it that God cannot do, and you can do it.? Sit in His master's chair, because He has no master and you have.
    As I went out through my gradfather's gap I met my uncle Davy I knocked him down, and sucked his blood and left him lying easy.? A man drinking a pint of porter.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.