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School: Ballintemple

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0991, Page 184

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    The weeks before the Lent and Advent is the time when marriages mostly occur in our district.
    Tuesday is thought an unlucky day for a marriage. In the middle-class people, dowrys are still given to the bride.
    The straw boys gather in crowds to the bride's house, they usually get money or beer.
    About thirty years or more ago it was very common for some of the guests to race from the Church to the bride's house to see who would reach first and he got a pint of whiskey.
    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
    Bill Graham
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Bobbie Graham
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dillagh, Co. Cavan