School: Drumraney (roll number 13571)

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1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

   

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   chapil while the bridegroom has his own. After the marriage the both return to the bride's and remains dancing all day. At night fall the strawboys visit the house and remain for a couple of years.

   

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2. Local Marriage Customs

   

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   Long ago the marriages were much different to what they are now-a-days. The couple used to go to the chapel on ponies and traps and all the neighbours used to go also. After the marriage the newly married couple would return to the house of the bride's parents. Here breakfast would be served to a big party including neighbours and friends of the couple. After breakfast they used to charter a pony and trap and go around the country to spend some of the day. At night fall the beggars or the straw boys used to gather into the house and play music and dance until midnight. At midnight

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. rites of passage (~573)
            1. marriage (~4,283)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Teresa Shanley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Fearmore, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Mrs Allen

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   99

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Bryanmore Upper, Co. Westmeath