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Local Marriage Customs

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

Original reference: 0988/2/16

 Cloncovid [Vol. 0988, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Cavan Schools

Story text

transcribed at

 

Local Marriage Customs  [duchas:5059162]

Local Marriage Custom    6th June 1938

Marriages take place mostly in November or before lent in my locality.  Shrove Tuesday ws considered lucky long ago and often there were three or four marriages on that day.

Resource description

Origin information
Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 107
Volume 0988
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Savage.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Marriage--Pósadh
School location
Cloncovet Cloncovet Drumlumman Clanmahon Cavan
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5092024
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0988/2/16

Suggested credit
"Local 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_5092024>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Savage.
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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