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School: Cill Iubhair (roll number 10095)

Location:
Killure Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Ceithearnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0034

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    girl and her people. They used arrange the time and the place they would get married and settle the fortune they would get. Some of the girl's people would go and see the land the man had and find out the number of stock he had. They used very often get married on Tuesday because they thought that was the lucky day. The night of the marriage all the people in the girl's district and in the man's district used be at the man's house. They used have refreshments and everybody used get a piece of the wedding cake. On that night they used have plenty of porter and whiskey. Then they used spend the night dancing and singing. During
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Dillon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killure Beg, Co. Galway
    Informant
    William Dillon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killure Beg, Co. Galway