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School: Breac-Cluain (roll number 4796)

Location:
Brackloon, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138, Page 445

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    When the young couple used to be married the woman used to make a confession or promise to the woman that their fathers and mothers would make an oatmeal cake and hit them on the top of the head with it so that they would have full and plenty until the day they would die.
    The man would link the woman out of the church so that the two of them would die together.
    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
    Patrick Heraty
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Kearns
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Owenwee, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Gibbons
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Brackloon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    T. O' Malley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Prospect, Co. Mayo