School: Beárna Dhearg (B) (roll number 14633)
- Location:
- Bearna Dhearg, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Flaithrí Ó Súilleabháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0026, Page 0140
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Transcription guide »
You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Marriages in the Old TimesIn the olden times the people had no lorries or trains or buses as we have now. The only vehicles they had were such as follows:- side-cars ad horse-back. In these times the people used to go to the girl's house on horse-back. The man that was to get married would carry the girl behind him on the horse. After the marriage they'd set a race, then who'sever horse would reach the house first would win. The people that were not asked to the wedding would dress up in straw. They are called the straw men. They'd go up to the house where the wedding is held. Then they'd get a (Continued on the overleaf)(continues on next page)
