School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)

Location:
Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0042, Page 0359

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  1. The old people used to have a lot of strange customs for weddings. A group of horsemen would follow the wedding to the chapel. A man and his daughter would ride on the same horse. When they would come out from the church they would all go racing back to the wedding house. The first to get there would get a prize. When they would come back to their own village the people of the village would have seprocks lit for them. They would be all cheering. The people used to say that the first of the newly married pair to go into the house would be the longest to live They used to have potatoes and cabbage at the weddings
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Mc Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Grath
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Kilgevrin, Co. Galway