School: Mainistir Mhuigheó (B)
- Location:
- Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Padraig Ó Cuinn
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- (continued from previous page)in the door, then she would be friendly with her, while she lived. If she had no mother-in-law the married pair should cut the wedding cake and give a bit of it to every-one in the house. If anyone put a piece of it under their head for three nights, they would dream of there future wife or husband. If the spoke at all from once they went to bed, they would not dream at all. They should take the longest road home from the church, if they walked to the church they would have no luck. The night of the wedding the married couple should dance first. The neighboring boys used to dress up in straw, and go to the wedding house, they used to get a big long pole and tie a note on the top of it with the words "Send out drink" they would put the top of the pole in the door first, drink was very cheap at that time so(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Delaney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Walter Hughes
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 98
- Address
- Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
