School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)
- Location:
- Carrigans, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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back. Sometimes the bride just wears a plain frock or coat or costume.
When the wedding party are setting out people usually throw an old shoe after them for luck or fire shots into the air. The cars are decorated with flowers and ribbons. The bride's maids carry a pretty boquet of flowers and the groom and bridegroom usually wear a white carnation or some kind of buttonhole.
After the wedding people gather outside he church and throw rice and confetti on the bride(continues on next page)
