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School: An Chúil Árd (roll number 12587)

Location:
Coolard, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Seán Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0401, Page 260

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  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

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    They used to race each other home on horse-back and whichever side would be in first would live longer than the other side. The wives used to sit on the horses with their husbands. This was called "cúlóg" on the horses.
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  2. Local Marriage Customs

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    Long ago the people used to get married from the beginning of Shrove to Shrove Tuesday. Wednesdays and Mondays were unlucky days for getting married. They used to give cows as goods long ago. The priest used to come to the house and marry them in the house. The priest would stay for the wedding feast. The people used to race each other going home from the wedding and their wives used to be up on the horses behind them.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maurice Bunyan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockenagh North, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Maurice Bunyan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Knockenagh North, Co. Kerry