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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0699, Page 263

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  1. Marriage Customs

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    When the wedding ceremony is over a crowd used to race each other on horseback to the house of the bride and whoever arrived there first got a bottle of whiskey.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Marriage Customs

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    On wedding nights in Rathowen Co. Westmeath it is customary for "straw boys" to go to the house where the wedding is being celebrated, and it is considered unlucky if they are refused some of the wedding cake.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nuala Cregg
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Killean
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Joanstown, Co. Westmeath