School: Newbliss (roll number 8328)

Location:
Newbliss, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Margaret E. Doogan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0950, Page 239

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  1. The customs of weddings are lighting a bonfire in front of the door and putting tar on it to keep it lit. Sometimes men dress up in straw and come to the house. Their faces, legs, and body would be covered with straw so that nobody would know them. The people give them sweets and pieces of cake if they take them.
    When some people are away getting married, the neighbors put hay and straw in bags and stuff them down the chimney. Then when the bride and groom come home and light the fire, the smoke would fill the home till they got the straw out of the chimney.
    Collected from Mr. J. Smyth Newbliss
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr J. Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newbliss, Co. Monaghan