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School: Both Íseal (roll number 16744)

Location:
Boheeshil, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Séamus Ua Conchobhair
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    Long ago nobody would get married but on a Tuesday Thursday or Saturday. The times of the year people used to get married were during Shrove, from Easter Sunday to the 1st August, or on the month of November.
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  2. Weddings Long Ago

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    The old custom in the Country where a young man was to get married, was, the young man got a friend of his to go to a farmer whom he expected had a fortune for his daughter and asked her for the young man. This man was called a "Stocah".
    Then the girl's father appointed a certain place and a certain night for the "Stocac" to bring the young man with him. On the night appointed they all met in a public house. They settled about the "fortune". This was the money the young man was to get for his property.
    Then they appointed a certain day for signing an agreement and also the day of the wedding. They went to a solicitor to sign an agreement giving the property to the young man and his wife.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Breen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Cloon East, Co. Kerry