School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)
- Location:
- Cloontagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Garaidh
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- (continued from previous page)3- When the bride and bridegroom are leaving the Church rice and confetti are shaken on them for luck.
4- Tin cans are tied to the back of the cart for luck.
5- Where-ever the wedding is held it is usual for men to dress up in straw and go around bandbegging, i.e. dancing and singing to get intoxicating drink. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- R. Mac Eoin
- Gender
- Male