School: Áth Treasna (B.) (roll number 11236)
- Location:
- Áth Trasna, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dálaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 188
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- 1.3.1938Marriage Customs II An aged man of this district says that in his youth it was not considered right for the newly married couple to attend mass the first Sunday after their marriage.
Their is a marriage Custom in this district known as "strawing"
Six or seven young men disguise themselves in straw and enter the wedding house during the festivities. They take possesion of the floor and dance with some of the prettiest girls. When the dance is over they receive refreshments and they drink to the health, prosperity and happiness of the newly married couple.
In olden days about a hundred years ago weddings were composed not of motors cars as they are now(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Francis Kelleher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Scairtín Íochtarach, Co. Chorcaí
