School: Sriantaigh (roll number 8015)
- Location:
- Sreenty, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac Aodha Bhuí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0934, Page 154
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- (continued from previous page)whiskey, who after treating the bride and brides-maid and grooms man, he would take some himself and then break the bottle on a stone. If the bottle did not break on the first crack it was considered a bad omen.They then proceeded to the brides house where dinner was served and more drink was served around. Some songs were sung and then the dancing started. As a rule there were two fiddlers and a melodeon player. The dancing would continue to the early hours of the morning and perhaps some of the boys who would get too much drink would start to fight.The bride and her party would leave the place about midnight for the grooms home. A couple of popular old women would accompany the bride to her new home bringing with them a considerable lot of household(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Murray
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corrinenty, Co. Monaghan
