School: An Clochar, Cúil Mhaoile
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: An tSr. Teresita
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- Marriages most frequently occur from the end of Advent to Shrove Tuesday. There are certain times of the year counted unlucky for getting married; as Advent and Lent, the month of May is also regarded as an unlucky month for marriages.There are a lot of old customs connected with Shrove, for instance, Shrove Tuesday is called pancake night. A lot of pancakes are made on that particular night and a ring is put into each pancake. Then the occupants of the house invite a lot of people to the house to a big supper and it is said that whoever gets the ring in the first pancake he or she will be first to get married.Long ago when a couple were getting married the bride's parent's would give her a dowry or instead stock or goods. A woman named Mrs. Sealy who lives in my district of Knockbeg told me she knew a priest named Father Dan O'Connor who gave to his sister as a fortune when she was getting married, twenty milk cows and a bull. He lived in Knockadoo, a district in Collaney.There were a lot of customs observed on a wedding day long ago. When a well thought of person or rich person was getting married, on the wedding day "Straw boys" visited the house. They were wholly dressed in straw, they carried a stick and on it they would have a piece of paper bearing the words "Congratulations to Bridegroom and Bride"/ They would put this stick in the window or door. Then they would be invited in and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Christina Mac Donagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockbeg East, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs Healy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Knockbeg East, Co. Sligo