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School: Lios Dubh (C.)

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Lisduff, Co. Mayo
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Áine, Bean Uí Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 310

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  1. Salting Thursday

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    It was a custom around here to " salt " the girls who were not married before the end of Shrove. On the last market day in Shrove the girls and boys went to the market. The boys bought pockets full of rough salt. The boys stood at the corners whilst the girls walked up and down the street. When the girls came along the boys pelted salt on them, sometimes even into their very eyes.
    This was considered great sport and it was said the salting would keep them fresh for another year.

    Nora Brennan,
    Cleragh,
    Kiltimagh.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
      2. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynamona, Co. Mayo