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School: Log na nGall (roll number 15663)

Location:
Lugnagall, Co. Sligo
Teachers:
Tomás Ó Hodhráin Bean Uí Hodhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0157, Page 191

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  1. Local Marriage Customs

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    A person can get married any time of the year except in Lent.
    It is unlucky to get married on a Friday Money is given as fortune and sometimes stock is given.
    The people used to make an oatmeal cake and when the bride and groom would come home after they were married a man would meet them and break the cake over their heads for good luck.
    A wedding feast is held in the brides house.
    Straw boys visit the house. They are dressed with straw hats and coats.
    They are welcomed by the people of the house and they all dance.
    The people attending the wedding road each other on horse back home, and the wives used to sit on horses with husbands in this district long ago.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Devins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlegal, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Brian Commins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Castlegal, Co. Sligo