School: Cohaw (C )
- Location:
- Cohaw, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ní Aodha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1018, Page 244
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- One night a man was coming home from a neighbours house where he was in the habit of visiting.
On his way home he had to pass a fort. It was about eleven o'clock and the moon was shining brightly. He lost his way and he made up his mind to sit down and wait until morning. When morning came he found that he was inside the fort. He did not know how he got in, because there was a thick hedge all around it.
- This is a list of the local marriage customs.
Throwing rice or a shoe after the persons who were married when they come out of the church.
Another custom is racing for a bottle of whiskey, and whatever person would reach the bottle first would get the whiskey.
It is also a custom to eat the(continues on next page)
