School: Ednacarnon (roll number 3523)
- Location:
- Edenacarnan South, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Staráid
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- (continued from previous page)Marry on Friday marry for losses,
Marry on Saturday no luck at all.
Long ago matches were made in the district. Money was given as dowry and stock and goods were also given. If the wedding procession separates on the way home it is said to be very unlucky. Old shoes are thrown after the pair that are to be married. Rice is thrown also. These are thought to be lucky.
A wedding feast is held at the bride's house. A wedding procession is held and there are usually three or four motor-cars at it and sometimes more. Long ago the people went to the wedding on horseback and when they were coming home again they raced against each other. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Viola May Gregg
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bellanascaddan, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr John Gregg
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Bellanascaddan, Co. Donegal