School: Cill Mháille (C.), Inis (roll number 14469)
- Location:
- Kilmaley, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Nóra Ní Asaoid
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through the night.
Everybody invited brought a present to the bride and bridegroom.it was a custom for some young boys ,who were not invited ,to dress up in gay costumes and during the night call to the wedding house and dance a set .They were known as "strawboys".
Something old was worn by the bride .She dressed in blue as blue is considered lucky.Green was an unlucky colour for the wedding.I received this information from my father,John Falvey ,Ballycroney,Kilmaley. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Kitty Cahill
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Sullivan
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathcrony, Co. Clare