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School: Tigh Molaga (C.) (roll number 12457)

Location:
Timoleague, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Shíthigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0318, Page 210

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  1. Marriage Customs of Olden Times (continued)

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    Long ago, before a girl would get married, she would search the heads of cabbage for a "driuchtín" or a snail; if she found a black one she would be married to a black-haired man, and if she found a brown one, she would be married to a brown-haired man.
    About seventy or eighty years ago people got married in their own homes. The parents of the present solicitor in Bandon (Mr O'Driscoll) were married in the bride's home in Castleview, and after their marriage they went for a long ride on horse-back.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Siobhán Ní Aileanáin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Occupation
    Shoemaker
    Address
    Timoleague, Co. Cork