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School: Ráth Ciaragáin (Mount Bolus)

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Rathkeeragan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Mac Giolla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0809, Page 067

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  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

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    Then they used to go to the bridegroom's house and the people used to believe in the bride not going home for a month. they used to leap over an anvil. They used to get married in January as it is said to be a luckly month.
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  2. Local Marriage Customs

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    When people would be getting married in ancient times they would haven seven or eight sidecars at the wedding. There would be a carriage with two horses under it. The bride and bridegroom in it. There would be plenty of whiskey and porter at the wedding. All the people would go home drunk. They would have a blind fiddler for the night. When the wedding would be over one of the guests would go round and gather up coppers for the fiddler.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sadie Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killananny, Co. Offaly