School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Míleac, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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- (continued from previous page)It was considered unlucky for the bride to look at herself in the glass when she was dressed & ready to go to the church.
The wedding feast was always held in bride's house. People got married out in the day & then went to bride's house. The feast continued till the following morning. At about 3 or 4 o'clock the bride & bridegroom would leave for his home. The general company would remain till 6 or 7 o'clock.
when a girl was getting married she always borrowed some wearable. The rhyme says:-Something old, something new,
Something borrowed, something blue.(continues on next page)
