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School: Tibohine (roll number 15544)

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Tibohine, Co. Roscommon
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Úna Ní Thiomáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0243, Page 258

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0243, Page 258

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    The bride and groom used to walk to the chapel and back and all the friends and neighbours after them. When they would be coming home the brides party and the grooms party would start
    hasting to see who would be in first because it was said that which ever of them was home first would live the longest. Then the friends and neighbours would gather around the bride to see how the new hat suited her for the girls in those days did not wear hats until they were getting married. They had always a piper at the wedding. The feasting and dancing would last all night and well into the next day. The supper consisted of bacon and cabbage
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    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
    Bernadette Mahon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ratra, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Thomas Mahon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ratra, Co. Roscommon