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School: Breacaire Beag (roll number 14891)

Location:
Brackary Beg, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Brádaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0192, Page 219

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    new, something borrowed and something blue." Long ago a wedding procession on hauling home was held. In a few weeks after the wedding when the groom was fully prepared to take his Bride home the people gathered around again.
    They then brought the Bride and groom and and the rest of the wedding party on horses and side-cars. Most of the people that were present at the procession rode on horse-back. They always had some musical instrument with them and they played music when they were approaching towns and villages. Long ago when the Bride and groom were about to leave the house in which the wedding was taking place it was the custom of the people in the house to throw an old shoe [?] after the Bride and groom.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Faughary, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    John Mc Guinness
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Faughary, Co. Leitrim