School: Earl Darnley (roll number 13573)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siubhán Ní Loichéid
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- (continued from previous page)in which the bridal couple leave the church, with "JUST MARRIED" written in big writing on it.
To toast the bride and 'groom at the wedding-feast.
If there is a two or three-tier wedding cake it is the custom to keep the top tier for the christening.
When the bride has been toasted at the wedding-feast the best-man makes a speech.
It is supposed to be unlucky for the bride to return to the place where she has been living, within a month after the wedding.
When the bride and bride-groom are at their breakfast, some of the guests steal away and put confetti in the bride's cases. - There was a man in our district who, by laying his hands on a person could cure any disease they had.
This man was known Dr. McCuillen(continues on next page)