School: Baile 'n tSléibhe (B.) (roll number 1344)
- Location:
- Corr na Lao, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Máirtín Mac Conchradha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0269, Page 166
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Baile 'n tSléibhe (B.)
- XML Page 166
- XML “Marriage Customs”
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
- (continued from previous page)60. (contd.)
Having reached the girl's house the party were entertained, and after a few hours of merrymaking, dancing & drinking the whole party proceeded to the chapel - sometimes as many as twenty side cars & perhaps a few saddled horses composed the marriage brigade. On the party leaving the house an old boot was thrown after them as a token of luck. Sometimes a boot was tied on to the last car.
The marriage over the party proceeded home, sometimes to the girl's house & sometimes to the man's house. This always happened night - fall. On nearing the house fires, sometimes in endless numbers greeted them on the way. Youngsters with "wisps" as they were called lighted them home. The wisps were large sheaves of straw well tightened and tied on poles. Sods of turf steeped in lamp oil & placed on tops of hay-forks were also used. Having arrived at the door of the house the married couple(continues on next page)
