School: Cill Chuisigh (roll number 16296)
- Location:
- Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: P. Ó Damhnaigh
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- It is the custom in this locality that no one gets married in Lent. People say that Mondays and Wednesdays are lucky days to get married on.
When a man is going to get mailed he sends two men to ask the girl and sends a bottle of whiskey with them.
Then her parents ask what sort of a place he had and how many cows he kept.
Then the groom asks how much of a fortune the man was to give his daughter.
The groom is then invited to the brides house and all arrangements are made and a marriage day appointment.
The brides mother send for some of her neighboring women to chose what kind of a dress she would(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridget Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Thomas Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Socks, Co. Leitrim