School: Radharc an Locha (roll number 14488)
- Location:
- Lake View, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Shamhráin
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- (continued from previous page)connected with the bride's dress.
Married in yellow, ashamed of the fellow
Married in green, ashamed to be seen
Married in grey, you will go far away
Married in brown, you will live in a town
Married in black you will wish yourself back
Married in red you will wish yourself dead.
Married in white you have chose aright
Married in blue your love will be true.
Another custom in this district is match-making. When a man is going match-making he generally brings another man with him and a bottle of whiskey in his pocket. If he comes to an agreement with the people of the house they drink the bottle of whiskey and if not they bring the whiskey home again. Also a sum of money is settled on the bride before she gets married called dowry. In former years stocks or goods were given as dowry and also the bride's feather bed was given but that ancient custom has died out(continues on next page)
