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School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

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Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 227

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    long ago when people were getting married the bride had to make an oaten meal cake for the wedding. If the cake broke she would make a bad wife. There were no rings in olden times, and it was with the key of the door the priest would marry them.
    There was once a wedding in Moynalty, and the bride had no cake, and the priest would not marry her, and then she went up to the village for one. The wedding pair would bring a bottle of whiskey with them, and the bride would break it at the door of her new home before she's go into it
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Gargan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullyattin, Co. Meath
    Informant
    James Gargan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullyattin, Co. Meath