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1. Marriage Customs of the Locality in Olden Times (continued)

   

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   boys on the street, and the dance on the street was better than the dance in the house. There was some houses that the people did not give drink or money to the straw boys and they pulled down the thatch of the house and smashed the windows when they did not get treated.

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2. Marriage Customs

   

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   The period of the year is lucky for marriages is Shrove Monday, Tuesday, and the unlucky months are May and July. The lucky days in the week are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and the unlucky days are Thursday, Friday and Saturday. At the present time when a girl is getting married she gets money for a dowry, but it is not known for a girl to get stock for a dowry. It is not known for people to get married in the house. When a couple get married, straw boys go to the house, and we call them "granias". They go to the house looking for drink or money if they get no money or drink they would break everything outside.

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