School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

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1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

   

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   the month is up, she goes home, and they would have another big dance. On the night of the wedding, all the girls around the place would give the bride presents. Sometimes, the men would give money to her, and tell her to buy something for herself with it. Old people say that it is not right to pass by a graveyard after your marriage. (Margaret Kenny, Fairfield)

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2. Local Marriage Customs

   

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   There were a great many old customs pertaining to marriages in the days gone by, and some of them are being carried on still.

   While the man and the woman would be gone to the Chapel to be married, some of the friends at home would bake an oaten-meal cake. When the married couple would come home, the friends would break the oaten-meal cake on their heads. That was an old custom. The married couple do not go to Mass the first Sunday after their marriage.

   Some people give their daughters

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