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School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)

Location:
Aghagower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Hannah T. Kevilla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 09_006

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    It is a custom for people to get married in the three months of Summer. Some people think it is lucky to get married on a Wednesday and others on a Sunday or Monday. They usually make matches in the district that the couple are from. The parents and friends and neighbours of the bride and bride groom come to the brides house and that is called a wedding. The brides parents give her a fortune and sometimes a cow along with it. A wedding feast is made sometimes in the bride's or bride groom's house and in others there is not. Straw boys come to the wedding and dance and play music and get drink. In olden times people used go to the marriage on horse back and race each other home. The wives used not sit on the horses along with the men The people used to get
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sadie Gibbons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corveagh Upper, Co. Mayo