School: Lúbán Díge (Bodyke)
- Location:
- Bodyke, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Chadhla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0591, Page 357
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- A woman to make a match is considered a very unlucky thing.
A woman (mother) never goes to the son's wedding nor the daughter's wedding.
The father if alive gives his daughter away - if not the eldest brother does so.
When the girl marries and goes to her new home, she never enters her father's home for a month.
The belief is she would have no children if she did.
the bride must wear something new. Something blue and something borrowed.
When on their way to the church a near friend passed the bride out and when she returned from the church the first to meet her should be a man (not a woman).
Old irons were placed in car when she was leaving the church to go in her husband's car on her way to her new home.
An old shoe was thrown after them when leaving the church or rice and now I have seen in our church confetti (bought at Woolworths)
At the present time they have motors no matter how short the distance.
In my young days they walked if any way near to church or they came in side cars.
I often saw thirty cars together at the church and I saw four different marriages one evening.(continues on next page)
