School: Ballycumber (C.)
- Location:
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Mrs Fenelon
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- The bride had to have ;-"Something old and something new"
"Something borrowed and something blue so that she would have good luck".A number of men used to dress up and go to the wedding. The people gave them money and then they each danced with the bride.Beggars came and sat on the road and the people who were married had to give them money or else they would have bad luck.The bridesmaid and best man went to Mass with the newly married couple like Sunday after they were married.Nearly all the people get married on a Wednesday in this place.
- Some years ago, even down to recent times Ballycumber and surrounding locality were famous for strange customs at weddings. One custom was to procure an unbeaten game cock and having(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Forde
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- John Nolan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 34
- Address
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
