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

School: Baile Gaedhealach (B.) (roll number 14808)

Location:
An Baile Gaelach, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Míchael Ó Slatara
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 85

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 85

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: Baile Gaedhealach (B.)
  2. XML Page 85
  3. XML “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. Marriage Customs (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    proceed to the bride's house where the wedding breakfast is served.
    After a few hours of merriment the happy couple go in a car to the station. Then they leave on their honeymoon. They usually go to Galway and spend a week there.
    The night they return they invite all their friends to the house an there they pass they pass the night dancine dancing and merry-making.
    When a girl gets married away from home it is considered unlucky for her to visit that home again till a month has expired. Then the bridegroom accompanies her to her home an they get a great reception.
    In my Father's time about sixty years ago large weddings were very comm common. The bride and bride-groom invited all their friends. These
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. deasghnátha aistrithe saoil (~573)
          1. pósadh (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Martyn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Leathbhaile Rua, Co. Mhaigh Eo