School: Dring, Granard (roll number 14292)
- Location:
- Dring, Co. Longford
- Teacher: James Drum
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- Marriages take place most frequently from July to November.
The unlucky days for marriages are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Money is always given as dowry in this locality.
I never heard of marriages taking place in the houses.
Wedding feats are usually held in the house of the bride.
"Straw-Boys" visit the house, and are called "band-beggars". They are covered with straw, and they all go to the house and cheer for the bride and bride-groom. The bride-groom gives them money, and they go away cheering. Matches are still made in the country. Marriages arranged by priests are said to be unlucky.- Collector
- Annie O' Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinulty Lower, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs L. O' Reilly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinulty Lower, Co. Longford