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School: Collon (roll number 14579)

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Collon, Co. Louth
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Bean Uí Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 178

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 178

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    “It was a custom when the bride and bridegroom came to the gate of their home to hand him a five naggin bottle of whiskey from which he drank a drop, then handing it to the bride, after that the bridegroom, taking the bottle threw it against the peer of th”

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    party inside. Strawboys or "granías" as they were sometimes called, were those that were not invited to the wedding, and thought they had a night right to be invited. They stuffed the chimney, nailed the windows, and tied the doors.
    The lucky days for marriages are:-
    Monday for health.
    Tuesday for wealth.
    Wednesday the best day of all.
    Thursday for losses.
    Friday for crosses.
    Saturday the worst day of all.
    Money and sometimes cattle were given.
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    “Many are the ancient marriage customs of this district, a person had to jump over a bush three times and at a wake the man seeking a wife, went upstairs, while a number of girls gathered in the road under the one in which he was, then he dropped a ring, a”

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    Brigid Maguire
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