School: Carrigabruise
- Location:
- Carrigabruse, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mc Enrae
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- (continued from previous page)a race followed to the bride's home where the winner was awarded a bottle of whiskey. All the neighbours were treated royally and toasts were drunk to the health of the couple.In the evening the "Straw-men" arrived almost completely covered with straw. They danced the Irish jigs and reels, each taking the bride to dance in turn. They were then refreshed with whiskey. The "matches" were sometimes made by a party of men who gathered together in the girl's home and bargained with the parents until the latter agreed to give the girl a suitable dowry which sometimes comprised cattle or live-stock.
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- Collector
- Maureen O Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lislea, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs John Brady
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 51
- Address
- Lislea, Co. Cavan