School: Baile an Mhóta (roll number 16260)
- Location:
- Ballymote, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Beárnais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 006
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- (continued from previous page)houses were visited so that when the assemble arrived home they would all be in a very jolly disposition.
For the first fortnight the bridegroom usually stayed at the bride's house before he brought her to his own house. Then when the fortnight had passed the "hauling home" took place and this was almost as importent as the wedding ceremony except that it was the bridegroom's house it took place. At night the straw boys visited the house and a jolly night used to be spent in sport and amusement of every kind.
These customs are hardly ever carried out now and soon they will be a thing of the past.
