School: Cill Crócháin (roll number 15410)
- Location:
- Kilcrohane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Murthuile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0286, Page 094
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- (continued from previous page)the bride went back to her parents home till Easter. Then they had the "drag-home" which meant festivities in the groom's [?]home These celebrations, though very enjoyable, were not half as good as that of the night they were married.
The on-lookers at these weddings used nothing as delicate as rice and confetti, but showered their good wishes on the newly-weds with old shoes and cabbage-stumps. The groom had his hands full protecting the bride, and was glad to get away with a "black-eye" from the cheering crowds of on-lookers.
For the most part, those marriages turned out very successful, perhaps because they were arranged by the wisdom of the elders.
I almost forgot to mention the "straw-boys" who attended these weddings, covered with straw, and begging for money. If they were well received they added much life to the festivities with their songs and jokes. But if they were not made welcome they tried to make the party unpleasant. In later years the Law prevented these "straw-boys" from appearing.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Clare O' Mahoney
- Gender
- Female
