School: Coillte Clochair (C.) (roll number 2364)

Location:
Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sorcha Ní Mhuireagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0195, Page 047

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0195, Page 047

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  1. Marriages take place most frequently locally during Shrove and on Shrove Tuesday. The months which is thought unlucky is May, and the days are Thursday and Friday.
    Matches are made in this district and money and goods are very often given as a dowry. On the wedding day, the groom and the best-man go to the brides house but the groom does not go in for the bride. He sends in the best-man. Long ago they used to go on horseback but now they go in motor-cars. When they were married they used to gallop to the brides house for a bottle of whiskey and used to go with the wind in their backs and sometimes they would have to go round about, in order to get to the house. And whoever got before the bride would live the longest. A wedding feast is observed in the bride's house and strawboys visit
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Leonard
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Agho, Co. Fermanagh
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Leonard
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Address
    Agho, Co. Fermanagh