School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gort an Bheithe, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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- Long ago the people used to get married in Shrove and they used not get married any other time of the year .When they would be going to the Chapel to get married all the people would go with them.
On horse back they used to go and the women used to go behind the men on the horses.All the year they used be saving geese for the wedding .They used to boil the meat the couple days before the wedding.Some of the people used to have the hens and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Devaney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Scailp, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- Mrs Fanny Vaughan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- An Scailp, Co. an Chláir
