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School: Castletowngeoghegan (C.) (roll number 2093)

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Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
C. Ní Chonaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 419

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    their friends. After that the married couple would get ready for the honey-moon. Some of the people were very particular about choosing their dresses for the marriage.
    Married in white, have chosen all right.
    Married in grey you will go far away.
    Married in black you will wish yourself back.
    Married in red, you will wish yourself dead.
    Married in green ashamed to be seen.
    Married in blue he will always be true.
    Married in pearl you will live in a whirl.
    Married in yellow ashamed of your fellow.
    Married in brown you will live out of town.
    Married in pink your spirits will sink.
    The journey home from church was called "The Hauling Home". If the bride were going to live at her husband's house it was considered unlucky for her to visit her own home for a month after her marriage. As soon as the people reached the bridegroom's house there was a great feast prepared, and there was dancing and singing, music and merriment until the small hours of the morning. On the Sunday morning week after the wedding the bride and bridegroom gave a small party to the bride's parents and it was called " The Rising Out". At the end of a month
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killalea, Co. Westmeath