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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cill Áirne

Location:
Killarney, Co. Kerry
Teachers:
An tSr. M. Déaglán An tSr. Marie Thérèse
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    Marriages Long Ago.
    Long ago a girl about to get married used wear a cape-cloak a month before her wedding, so that every one knew the girl who was to get married. A big party called a Gander used be held at the girls house, a week before the couple used get married. That night a batch of straw-boys would come. They uses be dressed in straw, and used wear round straw hats also. They used have a leader who used have to dance with the bride. The leader used wear a big square hat, which was made of card-board and straw.
    There were certain men in every district called match-makers. If a boy wanted to get married he would tell the men to send an account of a match to a certain girl. The men used to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    78
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Teernaboul, Co. Kerry