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School: Keelagh

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Keelagh, Co. Cavan
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Ellen Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 147

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    People say it is unlucy to get married in the month of May and it is also said that it is not lucky to get married on a Saturday
    The people now get married on Mondays or Wednesdays.
    Long ago the people got married in their own houses. The Priest used go to the brides house and marry the bride and groom. Nowadys the marriage takes place in the Chapel.
    Long ago the people went riding on horse back or in a coach drawn by two white horses. These horses were very nicely dressed with all kinds of ribbons platted in and out through the horses mane. The people that attended the wedding went also on horse back.
    The marriage in those
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs P. O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullalougher, Co. Cavan