School: Clochar na Trócaire (Scoil Naomh Seosaimh) (roll number 13770)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Sheabhlaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 231
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and small pieces of this were put through the ring by the bride and given to the unmarried ladies and gentlemen at the banquet who slept on it the following night and were supposed to see their future husbands or wives as the case might have been but of course the people are more modern and up to-date now and it is not a "Bonnac" of oaten bread but a decorated wedding cake.On the night of the marriage it is the custom for "Bandbeggars" or "Straw boys" to call to the house where the bridal party are where there is usually a party and to take the bride out to dance but their conduct is usually good unless they are badly recieved by the people of the house who are expected to treat them to refreshments and then they go quietly away wishing the newly married couple many years of happiness and prosperity.Cait Ni Gallchobhair
- Informant
- Cáit Ní Gallchobhair
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Occupation
- Siopadóir
- Address
- Aghavas, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Seán Mac Gabhrain
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 79
- Address
- Aghavas, Co. Leitrim
