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School: Ceann Dáimh (roll number 16173)

Location:
Kinaff, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P. Mac Cathmhaoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0122, Page 61

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    can give examples where such things happened. The bride, according to custom, does not visit her father's home for one month after the marriage, and on entering the house of her future husband an oatmeal cake is broken on her head.
    The person who gets to the house first will have a bright future, while if a friend of the bride's is first to enter their home the bride will out live the husband and vice versa.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinaff, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs John Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinaff, Co. Mayo