School: Baile an Churraigh
- Location:
- Ballincurry, Co. Galway
- Teacher: A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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- (continued from previous page)a bottle of whiskey. This was produced in order to put the girls father in good humor. This was called "match making". V It was also a custom one time that a crowd of men would enter a house during the night, and carry off a girl. The girl would probably know about this beforehand, and would be married next morning. This was called "stealing a girl".VI It was considered lucky that a bride should wear for her marriage attire, "Something old, + something new, something borrowed and something blue.
Author:-
William Hynes.
Dereen,
Ballymoe.- Informant
- William Hynes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreen, Co. Galway