School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)
- Location:
- Baile na mBreatnach Thuaidh, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 356
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- (continued from previous page)Wines and spirits are partaken of freely. Dancing is started in the evening and carried on till late at night or till the following morning. "Straw-men" come in during the night, bringing their own music and dance with themselves, or may take some of the guests as partners.
They usually get refreshments tea, stout or spirits.
When the bride starts for her new home an old boot is tied to the conveyance as a talisman for luck as it is believed that it acts a charm against possibility of she having to leave her husband and return to her parents home again.
- Collector
- Peter Hanley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile na mBreatnach Thuaidh, Co. na hIarmhí
