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School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)

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Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 282

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  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

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    They used to have a "dragging-home". The bride used to remain four weeks in her father's house after the marriage and, at the end of that time, the best man used to come for her.
    The people used to race on horseback to the bride's house after the marriage and whoever would reach the house first would get a bottle of whiskey.
    The wives used to sit on horseback with their husbands. They used to go to mass and to the fairs on horseback. When two people would be on horseback, the old people used to call that a " cúlóg."
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  2. Local Marriage Customs

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamus Mac Dhorchaidh
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    James Mc Gourty
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim