School: Mainistir Ó dTórna
- Location:
- Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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- (continued from previous page)No people were to be seen that night only all the light, and nothing was heard only the great noise.
They said that the heat of it when passing drove perspiration out through them. When they came home they told this story and they were only laughed at, but they did not go out late any other night. - Long ago the wedding customs were quite different from those of late years.
The pair to be married were dressed in different clothes to our people.
the bride about forty or fifty years ago wore a tight fitting dress with wide skirt and boops to keep them wide. This dress was without a collar and the sleeves were wide on top and narrow at the bottom. On her head she wore a(continues on next page)- Collector
- Caitlín Nic Eaglóis
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Horan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73