School: Scoil Naomh Eoin, Bréachmhuigh (roll number 13781)

Location:
Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A.M. Mac Taidhg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089D, Page 08_025

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089D, Page 08_025

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    weading in there houses
    When people would be geating married they should have some thing old and some thing new something borrowed and same blue. long ago when people would get married they youst to have a hourse with them and the woman behingd the man, when geating married, they should be two people to stand for the two that is geating married and when people gets married there should be a weadingcake for them. There is a good mounth to get married in that is June. June is a luckey monath to get married in. most of the people get married in June.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Láimhín
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Bean Ní Láimhín
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmacrade, Co. Mayo