School: Ardee (Mercy Convent) (roll number 8445)
- Location:
- Ardee, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr. M. Angel (Aingil)
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0670, Page 010](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0670%2FCBES_0670_010.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0670, Page 010
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Ardee (Mercy Convent)
- XML Page 010
- XML “Local Marriages”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Local Marriages
There were many old marriage customs long ago. One of the customs was the straw boys. They would come to the house on the morning of the marriage they would get their breakfast there and some money also. They were dressed up with straw and when they would come out of the Chapel the straw boys would throw ashes at the bride and bridegroom. This was an old custom in the district of Ardee.
Moira Woods,
Stickillen,
Ardee,
Co. Louth.
Told by :- Sean Woods
Stickillen
Ardee
Co. Louth- Collector
- Moira Woods
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Stickillin, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Seán Woods
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Stickillin, Co. Louth