School: An Cheathrú Mhór
- Location:
- Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Glacáin
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- 1. Name of the person who gave me the story: Mrs Bernard Duggan
2. Address: Carrowmore, Lacken.
3. Age: 47 years.
4. Occupation: Housework
5. Where was she born: and where did she spend her life?. She was born in Cloonalaghan, Lacken. When she got married she came living to Carrowmore wher she is living still
6. The date this story was written: 19-12-37The Story
In my mothers young days the couples who were getting married used not have motor cars as the people have now.
My mother herself walked to the chapel when she was getting married but her sister had a drag of side cars when she was getting married, and they drove up as far as Crossmolina.
The women used not dress the same in those days as they dress now. First they had a big cloak tied at the neck with a velvet ribbon and no sleeves, much the same as the postmen's capes. Then over that they wore another smaller cloak; a three quarter(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Duggan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Bernard Duggan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 47
- Occupation
- Domestic worker
- Address
- Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
