School: Tulach Bán (roll number 11322)
- Location:
- Tullywana, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Gormfhlaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0223, Page 148
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Local Marriage Customs
“Most marriages take place before the holy season of Lent or before Shrove Tuesday.”
Most marriages take place before the holy season of Lent or before Shrove Tuesday. The old people say the month of May is an unlucky month for marriages Some of those people would not like to get married on Saturday or on Friday. The people of those days would meet together and plan to steal away. The groom would take the bride to some Friends house. Then a few days after, all the friends would call to see them and each one would bring a bottle of whiskey That is what they call the "Bottle drink" A short time after, the wedding would take place. The groom would take the bride home that evening and have a big reception in his home. They would have good music and dancing. When the wedding would be going off in good swing the straw boys came. Whoever had charge of the wedding would keep order and invite them in to dance and enjoy themselves. They would all have fancy dresses made out of straw. They would also have tall hats with feathers and every thing they could think of they all had marks on their faces.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Matilda Mohan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- James Gannon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72