School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chróinín
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- (continued from previous page)mother took sick, and Mary was the only girl she had and she had to stay at home. In about a week her mother died, and in a month Mary got married. The people long ago got married on a Monday or Thursday before Lent and Advent and the groom would ride on one horse and the bride on another.
When people was not asked to a wedding they dressed up and went to the house that the wedding was being held in. They began to sing and dance and they blackened their faces and put coloured(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Rocks
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Phillips
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan