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Customs

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Kilderry school (Keelderry, Co. Cavan) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0993/2/49

 Kilderry [Vol. 0993, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Cavan Schools

Story text

transcribed at

 

Customs  [duchas:5060757]

People marry on Monday Tuesday and Wedensday They say that these are lucky days. They do not get married in Lent or Advent but they like to get married in Shrove. People say it is lucky. When the people in this District are getting married they make a match. The Bridgroom's people go to the house of the groom and make a match. They arrange about the fortune. There is many a haggling about the money; sometimes they fallout about it When the arrangements are made and the day fixed the Bride and Bridegroom get their suits ready and go round inviting their neighbours. On the morning of the marriage all the people whom the Bride and Bridegroom have invited come to the house in their cars and all go together to the Church and have an Nuptial mass. When the two people are joined they get into their cars and drive home. When they return home they have a great dinner

Resource description

Origin information
Keelderry, Co. Cavan
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 221
Volume 0993
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Áine Ní Riain.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Rites and ceremonies   linked data (lcsh)
Rites of passage--Deasghnátha aistrithe saoil
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Folk belief--Creidiúint choiteann
School location
Keelderry Keelderry Crosserlough Clanmahon Cavan
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5094029
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0993/2/49

Suggested credit
"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_5094029>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Áine Ní Riain.
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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