School: Kilglass (roll number 15571)
- Location:
- Kilglass, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0164, Page 251
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- 1. Marriages take place before Lent and advent.
2. Shrove is from the 6th Jan to Ash Wednesday.
3. Shrove tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday.
4. Puss Monday is the day before Shrove tuesday
5. The unlucky month and days for marriage is May and Friday.
6. Pan-cake night is the night before Ash Wednesday.
7. Matches are made now.
8. Marriages did take place in the houses.
9. A wedding feast is held in the brides house.
10. Straw boys do visit the house.
11. They dress with an old coat and false faces and a stick with them.
12. They dance and sing.
13. They did race the horses.
14. Wives did sit on the horses with their husband.
