School: Killyconnan (B.)
- Location:
- Killyconnan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Kearney
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- Marriages take place locally within a month before Shrove. Tuesday's and Friday's are said to be unlucky days for marriage. An old saying is Happy is the bride that the sun shines, on, which means a marriage celebrated on a sunny day. Matches are made in the district. The bride's parents generally give money as a dowry. Long ago some marriages took place in the house and in the evenings young men on horse-back from the bride's house, to the groom's house, the winner of the race getting a bottle of whiskey. This was about fifty years ago. A wedding feast is different nowadays. the marriage takes place in the morning in the church. The newly-married and their friends return to the bride's home where the marriage festivities take place until evening, then all return to the groom's house where further celebrations are held. Straw boys generally arrive at the wedding(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Gilchreest
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Gilchreest
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Cuttragh, Co. Cavan
