School: Woodland (roll number 8464)
- Location:
- Woodland, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mrs Crossan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 87
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Marriages mostly take place before the beginning and at the end of Lent.
May is an unlucky month for marriages for it is said that if you marry in May you'll rue the day. Thursdays Fridays & Saturdays are unlucky days for marriage.
Many matches are made in our district.
Money is usually given as a dowry. - A wedding feast is usually held in the houses to which the wedding company returns.
Alexander Wright and Moses Ewing who lived in the townland of Lishillion acted as straw-boys. They were dressed in different colours and wore castor-hats. They danced. - May is supposed to be an unlucky month for marriages. In olden times people carried out a marriage custom(continues on next page)
