School: Lattoon
- Location:
- Lattoon, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Hiorraí
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- (continued from previous page)having pancakes for the supper. The unlucky month for marriage is July and the unlucky days are Friday and Saturday. Matches are made in this district. Money is generally given as dowry. When money is not to be had goods are given.
The people do not remember marriages taking place in the houses.
On the wedding day the bride puts on her bridal dress and when she is going out of her own house the old people throw an old shoe after her for luck and when they come out of the church some of the friends throw rice on them. A wedding feast is held. It is held either in the wife's house or in the husband's house.
Straw boys visits the houses sometimes dressed in straw and rags and when they enter(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Mc Intyre
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lismeen, Co. Cavan
