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School: Cullahill (C.), Rathdowwney (roll number 13137)

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Cullahill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Mrs Baird
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    size of her future husband's estate. After the match is proposed, it is usual for the would-be bride's father or brother to walk the land of her future home before finally deciding on the fortune to be given her.
    In olden times when a party was getting married they returned after the ceremony to the bride's house and spent the day in dancing, singing and merry making. Nowadays, people usually go to a hotel for the wedding breakfast and then the bride and bridegroom go on their honeymoon, to Dublin very often, sometimes to England, and rarely to the Continent.
    When a wedding was held in a house years ago, straw-boys usually came in at night. They wore skirts, long coats and blouses in which straw was bound and tied with cords. They usually got a good reception, as when they came, they added the merry-making of the wedding feast, by dancing and singing.
    It is not considered lucky for a bride to enter her mother's home for a month after the marriages. Then on the monthly Sunday, the bride and bridegroom come to the bride's house. Again they have a dance and a feast, to which are invited all friends and neighbours who were not present at the wedding feast. This is a often a better day than the wedding day, because
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Raheenleagh, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mr Lawrence Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Raheenleagh, Co. Laois