School: Tenure (roll number 2326)
- Location:
- Tinure, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Ó Cathail
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- Local Marriage Customs1. The people in olden times had different ways for getting married than now-a-days.
2. When a person would be getting married in olden times, it was a custom to go in a jaunt-car on their honey-moon. An old shoe used to be tied behind the car, this they say was for uck. But at present they go on motor-gars. There are generally blue and white ribbons tied in front of the car.
3. At present in Co. Louth when a person is married when they are coming out of the chapel door people throw confette and sometimes rice on the bride and bride-groom.
4. There is a cake sometimes in the church and the priest usually cuts it.
Paddy Molloy
Castletown
Dunleer
Co. Louth
- Collector
- Paddy Molloy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Louth
