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School: Teampoll Tuaithe, Teampoll Mór (B.) (roll number 16250)

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Templetouhy, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Seán Ó Meadhra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0546, Page 107

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    In former times when a girl was getting married instead of going to a church she went to the house of her bridegroom and then the priest came. It was usually in the kitchen of the bridegroom's home that the marriage cermony was performed. Then a hearty breakfast was given, consisting of bacon, cabbage and potatoes with plenty of poteen.
    Later on they came to the church on horseback, and when the couple were married the bride sat sidesaddle with her husband on his horse and raced home across the country. That Irish people also had some old proverbs with regard to marriage in which they believed such as:
    Monday for wealth,
    Tuesday for health, and
    Wednesday the best day of all;
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    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
    Thomas Bergin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Templetouhy, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    William Lowry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Templetouhy, Co. Tipperary