School: Sriantaigh (roll number 8015)
- Location:
- Na Srianta, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: P. Mac Aodha Bhuí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0934, Page 158
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- (continued from previous page)and the bottle was then broken on a stone. When the bride goes into the house, her parents would give her the tongs to throw a coal back on the fire, to show she was mistress of the house. The neighbours would meet her with the churn dash.
If the couple did not have a dance, the young boys would “kettle” them. They would break the bottom of a bottle and blow it. An old custom is to break a piece of oaten bread on the brides head so that she may have plenty.
- Collector
- Tom Connolly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Charraigeach Mhór, Co. Mhuineacháin
