School: Corr Riabhach
- Location:
- Correagh Glebe, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: R. Mac Éamuis
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- (continued from previous page)Gilic got married on Friday and he was afterwards known as "Salty Bit".
The pair who intended to get married, would run away, they considered this lucky. They would go to a neighbour's house where they would have a dance, then some of the girl's people would go to the house and bring her home some time after this there would have a dance in the girl's house and the match would be made the ammount of money the girl would get would be mentioned and the wedding day arranged, then the girls father would go to look at the place(continues on next page)
