School: An Clochar, Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 14952)
- Location:
- Oileán Ciarraí, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: An tSr. Caoimhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0447, Page 117
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- 1. In the early days people were married at home but later on went to Church. Then, later on the journey home the couple travelled in a cover-car, drawn by two horses while the wedding-guests rode on horse-back and raced to the bride's house. People put ropes across the road and demanded money. 2 The girls used to dress in bonnets and flannel - dress dyed in bog-wood. These dresses were very narrow-boddied and whooped - skirts. In these skirts a snow-drop twig made a whoop and was sewn in a fold. This dress of skirt was called "the Grecian Bond" All ladies ware "clastie [?] shoes(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Kearney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Scairteach an Ghlinne, Co. Chiarraí
- Informant
- Mrs Brosnan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mullach Mairce, Co. Chiarraí