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School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan

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Cavan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. Carmel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 030

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  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

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    it is very unlucky for the girl going to get married to look into the mirror when she is fully dressed. She should leave her shoe or some of her clothes off until she is finished looking in the glass.
    A Description of the Straw_Boys: When straw-boys enter the house they are dressed in straw from head to foot. This is the way they dress: A handful of straw is seen on the head of each of the boys tied at the top by a rope made of straw. For a coat they wear long pieces of straw tied at the waist with a straw-rope. They also wear some straw in their shoes and round their legs as one would see on a wine bottle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vera Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cavan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr P. Brady
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 45
    Address
    Cavan, Co. Cavan