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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
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Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 124

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    houses of the people who were getting married. The bride used to get a horse or a cow for a fortune. The straw-boys were dressed in coloured rags and had a cap of straw on their heads.
    The bride and groom rode on one horse coming home from the wedding ; and if it was a rich person was getting married they would sow (scatter money on the road and the people gathered the money after them. The groom sowed the money,
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  2. Marriage Customs

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    Everyone gets married on a Tuesday or a Thursday for it is the luckiest day. They get married before Lent and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    George Mc Geron
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Informant
    Mrs Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80