School: Ceann Locha (roll number 11749)
- Location:
- Kinlough, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Matilda Bolster
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- Most people get married o Shrove Tuesday.
Friday and Saturday are considered unlucky days for marriages, and July and August are considered unlucky months.
Long ago the people used to have a fiddle with them at the wedding, and the wedding party danced at every crossroads.
Matches are made in this district.
Money is given as dowry.
The straw boys visited the houses, they wore hats of straw and straw masks, and their coats turned inside out.
The people used tor ace each other home on horseback and the person that would be home first would get a pint of whiskey. The wives used to sit on the horse's back with their husbands coming home from the wedding.- Collector
- Matilda Bolster
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Kinlough, Co. Leitrim