School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

Location:
Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 24_011

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 24_011

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  1. In olden times match making would take place during Shrove, starting on the sixth of January. At that time match making would last eight or nine weeks. Girld would get big fortunes from their parents and sometimes they would get cattle.Then on their marriage day they would have a great marriage feast. They would have lots of drink. There used to be strawboys there and they used be dressed in every colour. They used turn their coats inside out. They would have feathers on their hats. When the married couple would be coming home they would be held up in the road by a rope. That was for good luck. Generally the friends would tie a shoe on the car the married pair were in. The belief is to wear something old, something new, something borrowed, and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Dhuilleáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killacrim, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    John Dillon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ennismore, Co. Kerry