Marriage Customs

Abstract: Story collected by Richard Ryan, a student at Drummond school (Drummin, Co. Carlow) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0903/2/37

 Drummond [Vol. 0903, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : Carlow County Schools

COLLECTOR
Ryan, Richard 
Gender
male
Location
Drummin (Townland) 
St. Mullin's (Civil parish) 
St. Mullin's Lower (Barony) 
Carlow (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Marriage Customs  [duchas:5029734]

Shrove is the principal time of the year that marriages take place and especially on Shrove Tuesday.
Wednesday is the luckiest day to get married and the lucky colour is blue
Matches are made in this district. The intended bridegroom goes to the house of the bride to be, and brings another man with him. They bargain for a certain amount of money. If the bride's father has not the required sum he makes it up with cows or sheep. The day for the marriage is fixed.
The people were married in their own house up to 1877. The priest went to the houses and performed the ceremony. The priest cut the wedding cake and all the guests put silver on the plate for him.
At night the cailleacs come and are welcomed. They wear a mask on their faces and are dressed up with

Marriage Customs  [duchas:5029735]

old clothes and carry big sticks. Some of the cailleacs bring a musical instrument and start to dance when they arrive and enjoy themselves until the early hours of the morning. The old  saying about the bride's dress is:-
"Something old, Something new,
"Something borrowed and something blue."

Resource description

Origin information
Drummin, Co. Carlow
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 250-251
Volume 0903
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Murchadha.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Rites and ceremonies   linked data (lcsh)
Rites of passage--Deasghnátha aistrithe saoil
School location
Drummin An Droimín Drummin St. Mullin's St. Mullin's Lower Carlow
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5142314
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0903/2/37

Suggested credit
"Marriage Customs"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5142314>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Murchadha.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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