School: Cluain na Cille (roll number 9216)
- Location:
- Cloonakille, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eithne , Bean Uí Fhallamhain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0270, Page 202
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- About 70 or 80 years ago country people commonly rode on horseback to the church on the occasion of a marriage, while the ladies rode on a pillion behind the horsemen. They wore the large black cloak with a hood which was the fashionable dress of the period.
My mother remembered seeing a marriage party of this kind in Ballyforan, when she was a young girl.
After the ceremony, all the guests remounted for the homeward journey but the bride - the most important member - being a stout girl, could not mount for a long time and tried to hide her blushes in her cloak. To add to her embarrassment, all the guests had galloped away, cheering joyously, and(continues on next page)
