School: Kildavin, Ferns

Location:
Kildavin, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Tadhg de Brí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0911, Page 111

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    vizors on their faces. These were called blackmen they danced and sang nearly all night. Sometimes when a person was not liked, people used blow horns made from a bottle with the bottom knocked off. It was to jeer them. The wife sat behind on the horse coming home.
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  2. Long ago people were generally married before and after Lent and Advent. They got married generally in the first part of the week on Monday, Thuesday, and Wednesday. They hardly ever got married on Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
    They had a belief long ago that the first four days of the week were lucky, but the last three were unlucky. If people got married on Monday
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eily Harmon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kildavin, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Mr J. Hegarty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Clerk-labourer
    Address
    Kildavin, Co. Carlow