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School: Sliabh an Mhadra (C.)

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Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Chearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0416, Page 174

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    Less than a 100 years ago the priests in this parish came to the wedding at night to conduct the marriage ceremony. Now with the two priests a clerk a fiddler and a cook. The plate went around first for the Parish priest, next for the Curate , next for the fiddler and last of all for the cook so it was a very costly agreement tjo attend a wedding in those day.s
    Those were the days when the bride sat behind her husband who was on horse back on a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    null
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    null
    Gender
    Male