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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

Location:
Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 032

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  1. A Local Marriage Custom

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    A Local Marriage Custom
    25th Jan; 1938.
    My grandmother Mrs Maria Kiernan who is 77 years of age and lives in the townland of Rathcronan in the parish of Granard, Co. Longford told me, that she heard when she was a little girl that when people were getting married they would walk a little bit of the way home after the marriage and all would meet together at a certain place. This was said to be for good luck.
    A Groom would then leave the bride in the home of her parents for a week. At the end of that time her husband would come to bring her to his home and that was called "The Dragging Home". That day men would come on horses and run races
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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
    Mary Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Maria Kiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    77
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford