School: Corracharra (roll number 16407)
- Location:
- Corracharra, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Brian Mac Aodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0940, Page 006
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- There seems not to have been so far as I can ascertain any special periods in which marriages took place in this district, except of course those which still prevail throughout the country viz the time immediately preceding Lent, and that which followed it especially around Easter. This of course the time following Easter was often a "rush" period which may have been considered an unlucky month for contracting marriage. The only custom locally connected with ? was the making of special pancakes.In the olden days, but not so now - as a matter of fact it is a thing which is almost completely unknown in this country at the present time - the making of the match always preceded the marriage and if not the marriage was quite an unconventional thing, and known as a ''runaway''. The ''runaway'' meant that both parties left home and went away to some distant place where they sojourned for a night & after their return they were married. Before they returned, however, someone was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Loingsigh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Mc Eneany
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corgreagh, Co. Monaghan
