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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
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Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 117

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    and then the enjoyment started. Neighbours gathered in and there was a dance to twelve o'clock. Then the bride and groom left for the groom's house and there was a bit of a dance there to three or four o'clock.
    During the dance the straw boys would come in dressed up so that the people would not know them. They had false faces on them and some of them would have old torn clothes on them. They would come to the house to make sport. After that night the bride would not leave the grooms house until a month and then she would go home to her father's house for a few days. It was the custom to marry on Tuesday or Thursday before Lent.
    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
    Packie Mc Carvill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Hugh Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Calliagh, Co. Monaghan