School: Cnoc Luachra (roll number 12653)
- Location:
- Knockloughra, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Móghráin
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Marriage customs.
V (1) When a couple are getting married there must be two sponsors. The man sponsor should walk with the husband, and the girl sponsor with the wife.
The most time of the year there are marriages is before Lent. They call that time of the year "Seraft".
On Puss Tuesday all the old maids have a puss when they are not getting a man.
- V (2)
When a couple are getting married the man sponsor should walk with the husband, and the girl sponsor with the wife
When there is a wedding in a house a crowd of lads gather up and make straw hats and false faces and dress up in a way no one would know them
The most time of the year people get married is before Lent. It is called Seraft and on Puss Tuesday all the old maids have a puss - Collector
- Brighid Nic Lochlainn
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Pádraic Mac Lochlainn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupations
- Feirmeoir
- Saor
- Address
- Roskeen North, Co. Mayo
