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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 421

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    was goods and money. The feast they had for the wedding was whiskey porter and rice and all sorts of sweet bread and the wedding was at night. A red haired woman and her father came with the "flitting" and a red quilt over the "flitting" for luck. There was a match made a week before the wedding. When they were coming home from the chapel there was a man standing out in front blowing a bugle to let them know they were coming. They were married at two oclock in the morning.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Gorman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumnaveagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Gorman
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Drumnaveagh, Co. Cavan