School: Boireann
- Location:
- Burren, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Bhriain
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- (continued from previous page)Cúlógs were used about 100 years ago. T. Holland's grandmother rode home behind her husband on a cúlóg. Old shoes were thrown after the married pair for luck. The bride wore and even modern brides wear "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue".
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“My grandfather, Denis McCarthy of Meelan, Bandon told me when I was a child that he brought his wife home from the church on a "saddle horse" sitting behind him.”
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- E. O' Brien
- Informant
- Denis Mc Carthy
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Meelon, Co. Cork