School: Cappamore (B.) (roll number 7480)
- Location:
- Cappamore, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: James McCarthy
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- (continued from previous page)have not been known to each other.
The fortune that the man receives has, as a rule, to be paid over to some other member of the family.
Then, when both parties have consented to marry, a day is arranged for the wedding to take place, and they meet in town to buy the ring. - When a farmer's daughter has a fortune to get, her parents are on the look out for a suitable match for her. They make enquiries about unmarried men who have farms. The matter is discussed at fairs and markets. Then if they find a suitable man with a farm for the girl, her father with two or three other friends go to see the man, and see the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Connors
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Cappamore, Co. Limerick