School: Glascorn (roll number 16615)
- Location:
- Glascarn, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Hope
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 221
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- (continued from previous page)given as dowry or "fortune" as it is called around here by her parents to the girl who is to be married but stock or goods are not given.When my grandmother was getting married about fifty years ago it was the custom to have mass said in the house of the bride on the morning of the marriage breakfast. About twelve oclock the bride and the bridegroom went to the chapel and got married and then they went away for the honeymoon. This is what happened when my grandmother was getting married.There are many local beliefs connected with what is lucky and unlucky for the bridal pair to do. It is thought unlucky for them to stop on their way home from the chapel after the marriage. It is also unlucky for the to look into a mirror when the last pin is put in her veil. There is an old saying which is "Happy is the bride(continues on next page)
