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School: Baile an tSratha (roll number 17014)

Location:
Ballintra, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séarlus S. Ua Baoighill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 222

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  1. Marriage Customs

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    Long ago the people said that certain months of the year and certain days of the week were lucky for marriage but now people do not believe this and a date and a day is fixed for the marriage. May is said to be an unlucky month and April is said to be a lucky one.
    Tuesdays and Thursdays are said to be unlucky days and Monday is said to be a lucky day. Saturday can be either. It is said a person born in April should marry a person born in June and a person born in May should marry a person born in September.
    Matchmaking is seldom carried no now. Sometimes old people are married that way. Long ago people always got married that way. The matches were made in this way. The man would go to another man’s house and take a bottle of whiskey with him and ask the man’s daughter.
    If he thought the bride was not good enough, the father of the bride would give the groom land or money.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Mangan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballintra, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Mangan
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ballintra, Co. Donegal