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School: Collon (B.) (roll number 14578)

Location:
Collon, Co. Louth
Teacher:
B. Mac Searraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0677, Page 023

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  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

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    the girl on which the ring would fall would be married to the man for a year and a day.
    Sometimes the wife would have a horse of her own, and sometimes she would sit up with her husband on his horse.
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  2. Local Marriage Customs

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    Long ago the groom went to the bride's house on the wedding morning to get the fortune. Then they proceeded to the Church to get married. The wedding feast took place in the bride's house. After the wedding ceremony the bride and groom went home in a carriage. The guests raced each other home on horseback and the first home got a bottle of whiskey which he drank and broke the bottle against the wall.
    A loaf of bread was broken over the bridges head and she entered the door of her new home.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Brown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Collon, Co. Louth