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School: Áth an Lín (C.), Baile an Gharrdha (roll number 9633)

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Nic an Aodhaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0490, Page 014

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    Local marriage customs.
    Marriages take place most frequently in this locality during shrove. May. August. September and October are unlucky months for marriages and Monday Thursday and Friday are unlucky days. matches are made in our district and money is given as dowery. The wedding feast is rarely held in the brides house in this locality they generally go to some city hotel. Strawboys never visit the houses. It is customary for the bride to wear something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. About 80 years ago marriages took place in the house. The bride is supposed to be the last in the church and who ever comes after her is the next to be married.
    Kitty Fitzgibbon, Grange, Newcastle West, Co Limerick.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Fitzgibbon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grange Lower, Co. Limerick