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School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)

Location:
Ballymartle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Patrick Kelleher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0322, Page 059

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  1. Marriage Customs

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    It is an old custom that two people out of the same house do not get married on the same year. The two that get married and the bridegroom and bestman and the guests go in motor cars to the seaside or other nice places on the day of the wedding. It is an old custom, and, the people always keep it, that the bridegroom and best man cut the wedding cake over the bride's head and when they have it cut they hand it around to the people in plates.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Donoghue
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Riverstick, Co. Cork