School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)
- Location:
- Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
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- In olden times the people used to have a lot of strange customs at weddings.
Most of the people get married in Summer time nowadays. It is an old saying marry in June few days will be weary. In olden times the people used to get married during shrove [?]. Another saying is :-
Happy is the Bride
That the sun shines on
Happy is the corpse
That the rain falls on.
When a couple would be getting married the man would borrow a watch or tie pin. The bride would borrow a pair of gloves or a(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maureen Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Kilgevrin, Co. Galway