School: Woodland (roll number 8464)
- Location:
- Woodland, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mrs Crossan
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- (continued from previous page)the feast. The feast is held in the brides home.
- Marriages mostly take place before the beginning and at the end of Lent.
May is an unlucky month for marriages for it is said that if you marry in May you'll rue the day. Thursdays Fridays & Saturdays are unlucky days for marriage.
Many matches are made in our district.
Money is usually given as a dowry. - A wedding feast is usually held in the houses to which the wedding company returns.
Alexander Wright and Moses Ewing who lived in the townland of Lishillion acted as straw-boys. They were dressed in different colours and wore castor-hats. They danced.- Collector
- Sara Mc Elhinny
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisnanees Lower, Co. Donegal
- May is supposed to be an unlucky month for marriages. In olden times people carried out a marriage custom(continues on next page)