School: Derryvoney
- Location:
- Derryvony, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mary Ní Néill
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- In olden times when the people used to be getting married The clothes the Bride used to wear were very long. On that day the people used to race against each other on horses.
- Collector
- May Morton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derryvony, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- M. Rudden
- Address
- Derryvony, Co. Cavan
- Wednesday is the beset day for marrying. Frank Kennedy was the last man to get married about two years ago. When the straw men were going home they went up to the top of a big hill and burned the straw. The straw men went to town and brought drink to some house and drank it and they danced and sang all the night. They had motors - cars.
