School: Sraith Mór (roll number 15941)
- Location:
- Srahmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bríd Bean Mhic Ultaigh
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- Mí an Pósadh
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In the month of the "pósadh" or "shraft" any house in which there would be any boy or girl marriageable that would be afraid of being stolen or "fúadí" it was the custom with the marriageable girls to make up a decoction to save them from being "fúadí" or stolen. The parents knew that such was going on and were not against it, as they thought their daughter would make a better marriage by being "fúadí" or stolen.
If there happened to be three girls in a house, and any of them to be of marriageable age,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brighid Bean Mhic Ultaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Newport, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Johnny Dominick
- Other names
- Johnny Dominick
- Seán Muireadh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Newport, Co. Mayo