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School: Athea (roll number 15686)

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Athea, Co. Limerick
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Mrs M. Danaher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0486, Page 010

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    Local Marriage Customs.
    The marriage customs at the present day are not the same as the customs of long ago. The people used get married in their own house long ago, and it used usually be in the bride's house. The marriage ceremony used take place about midday, and there would be great excitement in the house until nightfall.
    When the bride would be going from her own house to her new home she would sit up behind her husband on his horse.
    During the night "soppers" used come to house. They were a crowd of young men and women dressed in gaily coloured clothes and they used wear straw hats. When they would open the door they would ask for the married couple and then they would dance a reel. The man that would
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peig Ní Conchubhair
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athea, Co. Limerick