School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)
- Location:
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Áine Bean Uí Chuillin

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 13_052
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Local Marriages.
Shrove is the time of the year people generally get married.
If a couple were going to get married they used to go to the priest's house to get married. They used to have a wedding at the man's house.
The bride's parents used to give cows or horses for a fortune to the man.
The man used to wear a frock coat, and knicker-bocker breeches and a caroline hat.
The women used to wear a white cap, a paisley shawl and a skirt with flounces and hoops.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Kearney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon