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School: Corlurgan

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Corlurgan, Co. Cavan
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F. Fletcher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0976, Page 211

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    Before Lent and Advent marriages occur mostly. Thursdays and Fridays of the week are thought unlucky to marry. The month of May is an unlucky month to marry. Matches are made in my district. I never heard of marriages taking place in the houses of people. A wedding feast is held. Straw boys visit the wedding house. They boys are dressed in straw on their arms and legs and they have false faces. I never heard of people riding home on horses from their wedding.
    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
    Una Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullycoe, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullycoe, Co. Cavan