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School: Hackettstown (2)

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Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
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Anna Seabrooke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 561

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  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

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    wedding breakfast. It is the custom around here to send a small box of wedding cake to the friends. The young people who are not married put some of it under their pillow and dream on it.
    There are some people who hold a "hauling home," ten days or so after the wedding. The bride invites all her new neighbours and they dance all night. They are given tea and cake during the night.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Violet Seabrooke
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs U. Hannan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Croneskagh Upper, Co. Carlow