School: Breacaire Beag (roll number 14891)
- Location:
- Brackary Beg, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Brádaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0192, Page 214
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It was believed also that whichever of the party would have the first drop of water drank after their marriage would be boss during their life. At every marriage long ago there used to be "straw boys" They wore big straw hats with different coulored tassels on them. They also wor long white homemade linen shirts wit bells around them. After a marriage the Bride and Groom would sit on the first horse or horse and car and all the others would sit on the other horse and cars. The Groom would drive as fast as he could. Then all the others would try to keep up to them.
Long ago there were runnaways When a girl would like to marry some boy she and the boy would run away ands if their parents did not(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Petty O' Hara
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Brackary More, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Fox
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brackary More, Co. Leitrim
