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School: Ceathrú an Gharrdha

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Carrowgarry, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Mac Éil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 199

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  1. Local Marriages Customs (continued)

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    is to get the young married couple to dance. After that they dance away and enjoy themselves.
    Saturday is counted an unlucky day for marriage.
    If a bride gets a shower of snow on her way home it is considered a lucky omen. It is also a custom that the bride is not to visit her parents' house for a month after the marriage.
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  2. Local Marriages Customs

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    In the townland of Carns about a hundred years ago a young couple got married. Their names were Maria Mc Guinness and Mick Colman.
    On the evening of the marriage Mick rode to Maria's house accompanied by his friends on their horses. Mick's horse's mane was plaited and tied with white
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Queenan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymoghany, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Queenan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymoghany, Co. Sligo