1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Caladh (B.)

School: Caladh (B.) (roll number 11920)

Location:
Callow, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Ciaráin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126F, Page 16_008

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126F, Page 16_008

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Caladh (B.)
  2. XML Page 16_008
  3. XML “Local Marriage Customs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Marriage Customs (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    The next day the two parties would get married.
    A man out of each house would run on horse-back from the church to the house. The first man to reach the house would get a bottle of whiskey. All the boys would gather to the house with straw hats. These boys were called "straw boys"
    When a wedding
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismoran, Co. Mayo