School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)
- Location:
- Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 355
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- (continued from previous page)and marriages accoured in the Parish of Upperchurch and all weddings accour on Shrove Tuesday.
- In Lent and Advent marriages do not take place from the twelvth day is Shrove Tuesday marriges generally take place The Month of May and Friday's thought unlucky for marriages Match making is a custom in my locality. Always money is given down and sometimes goods and sometimes stock is given. There is nod old person remember it. There used marriages take place in houses. The priest used come and marry them in their own homes. It is very different way is now a day's. There were a wedding in the house of the girl and the husband and her own people. Then the husband and the wife would get up on the same horse it is called a hauling home. It is about seventhy five years ago.
- Collector
- Maureen Devitt
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killamoyne, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Thomas Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rusheen Beg, Co. Tipperary
- Nearly everyone marry in Shrove and mostly on Shrove Tuesday. May and the thirteenth of the month cousted unlucky for marriage. Friday(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Clohesy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killamoyne, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Thomas Clohesy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Killamoyne, Co. Tipperary
